ID 992567
Lot 71 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1777
Each on a spreading circular fluted base with laurel border, with tapering fluted stem applied with laurel swags, the central finial surmounted by a flaming urn with two side pendant rings and with two acanthus-clad scroll branches with circular wax-pans and sockets, marked on bases, branches and sockets, engraved under bases with scratchweights and numbers No 2 30= 7 and No 3 30=9 and on branches with No 2 28= 10 and No 3 26=12
14 1/4 in. (36 cm.) high
110 oz. 10 dwt. (3,438 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 April 1998, lot 216.
Special notice
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.
| Artist: | John Wakelin |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Artist: | John Wakelin |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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