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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NORTH CAROLINA
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MAKER'S MARK WP IN A RECTANGLE POSSIBLY FOR WILLIAM PORTAL, LONDON, 1758
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MAKER'S MARK WP IN A RECTANGLE POSSIBLY FOR WILLIAM PORTAL, LONDON, 1758
The square bases engraved with a coat-of-arms under a drapery mantle, the detachable nozzles engraved with a crest, marked on undersides and sockets, nozzles apparently unmarked but notched-numbered
10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) high; 52 oz. 18 dwt. (1,647 gr.)
MAKER'S MARK WP IN A RECTANGLE POSSIBLY FOR WILLIAM PORTAL, LONDON, 1758
The square bases engraved with a coat-of-arms under a drapery mantle, the detachable nozzles engraved with a crest, marked on undersides and sockets, nozzles apparently unmarked but notched-numbered
10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) high; 52 oz. 18 dwt. (1,647 gr.)
Provenance
The crest is probably that of Swire of Cononley and later Dowgill Hall, Yorkshire.