A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS AND A PAIR OF TWO-LIGHT BRANCHES EN SUITE

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS AND A PAIR OF TWO-LIGHT BRANCHES EN SUITE

MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, 1806

Each on stepped circular bases chased with bands of berried laurel leaves, the baluster pedestal stem resting on a calyx of applied lion's paws, and applied on the shoulder with drapery and with lion masks, the socket chased with stiff foliage and rosette, the nozzle with laurel leaves border, the acanthus-clad scroll branches, with central vase-shaped finials chased with stiff leaves and Vitruvian scrolls above lion's masks and surmounted by flame finials, flanked by laurel drip-pans, engraved on bases with a coat-of-arms with earl's coronet above, the drip-pans and nozzles with a crest and earl's coronet above, marked on bases, branch bases, central finials, branch sockets and nozzles

18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high with branches

249 oz. 13 dwt. (7,766 gr.)

The arms are those of Douglas quartering Galloway, Abernethy, Brechin and Stewart, quartering Hamilton and Arran and Dunbar, for Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820).





Provenance

Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820).

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 October 1994, lot 390.



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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