Lot Essay
Tapersticks, small forms of larger candlesticks, were used primarily on desks for the melting of sealing wax.
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MARK OF DAVID GREEN, LONDON, 1723
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE I SILVER TAPER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF DAVID GREEN, LONDON, 1723
On hexagonal molded bases with circular wells rising to support hexagonal stems and sockets, each marked under base, one apparently lacking maker's mark
4 5/8 in. (11.5 cm.) high; 9 oz. (282 gr.)
MARK OF DAVID GREEN, LONDON, 1723
On hexagonal molded bases with circular wells rising to support hexagonal stems and sockets, each marked under base, one apparently lacking maker's mark
4 5/8 in. (11.5 cm.) high; 9 oz. (282 gr.)
Provenance
Acquired from S.J. Phillips, London, though Arthur S. Vernay, Inc., December 1949.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 392, no. 438 (illustrated).
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