ID 479162
Lot 60 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA AND A ...
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
MARK OF DANIEL SMITH AND ROBERT SHARP, THE BRANCHES MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1775
On stepped circular bases cast and chased with bands of beading and stiff foliage, rising to banded baluster stems chased with stiff foliage, with conforming campana-form sconces and removable nozzles, the detachable tops with two leaf-capped scroll branches flanking a drapery wrapped rosette, and terminating in openwork acanthus, fixed drip pans bordered in berried laurels with detachable nozzles, engraved on stems, sconces, and nozzles with a crest, marked throughout and notch numbered
17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) high, the candelabra; 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) high, the candlesticks
160 oz. 18 dwt. (5,004 gr.)
Manufactur: | Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp |
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Medium: | Metal |
Historical era: | Georgian period |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe |
Category: | Candlesticks |
Auction house category: | Lamps and luminaires |
Manufactur: | Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp |
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Medium: | Metal |
Historical era: | Georgian period |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe |
Category: | Candlesticks |
Auction house category: | Lamps and luminaires |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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