A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1727
In the Regence taste, each on circular base with stylized shell molding, rising to a faceted and knopped octagonal stem with classical masks and bellflower strapwork, the socket with stiff-leaf calyx, the base engraved with a later crest, each marked under base, also with scratch weights 24-10 and 22=19
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high; 47 oz. (1,463 gr.) (2)
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF PAUL CRESPIN, LONDON, 1727
In the Regence taste, each on circular base with stylized shell molding, rising to a faceted and knopped octagonal stem with classical masks and bellflower strapwork, the socket with stiff-leaf calyx, the base engraved with a later crest, each marked under base, also with scratch weights 24-10 and 22=19
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) high; 47 oz. (1,463 gr.) (2)
