Sale 6910
London
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15 June 2004
Price realised
GBP 47,800
Estimate
A set of four George II silver-gilt candelabra Mark of John Le Sage, London, 1739, two branches, 1745 Each baluster form, on shaped circular base, profusely cast and chased with rocaille, flowers and scrolling foliage, with urn-shaped socket, the detachable two-light foliate scroll branches each with floral finial and two detachable spool-shaped sockets each with plain liner and shaped circular drip-pan, marked under bases, on branches and drip-pans, one drip-pan unmarked 14in. (35.5cm.) high 300oz. (9,344gr.) (4)
Provenance
Asher Wertheimer (1844-1918) Asher Wertheimer (+), removed from 8 Connaught Place W., Sold by Order of the Executors on the death of Mrs. Wertheimer; Christie's London, 28 February 1923, lot 34 (£520 to Comyns)
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