Lot
254
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS WITH PAIR OF SHEFFIELD-PLATED THREE-LIGHT BRANCHES
MAKER'S MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, 1807
Estimate
USD 4,000 - USD 6,000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS WITH PAIR OF SHEFFIELD-PLATED THREE-LIGHT BRANCHES
Maker's mark of Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, 1807
Each on circular wood-backed base with bands of foliage and gadrooning, the tapering cylindrical stem with similar decoration, the campana-form socket with anthemion, the Sheffield-plated removable branch with two spiralling reeded candelarms, with part-fluted campana-form sockets and circular nozzle, the central socket with removable flame finial, one side of base and central socket engraved with a crest, marked on bases and branches; also struck with weights 18:10 and 18:4
21in. (52cm.) high
Boulton, Matthew (2)