A Pair Of George II Silver Candlesticks, Charles Frederick Kandler I, London, 1730
Auction Closed
January 30, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
of heavy gauge, the shaped-square bases with ovolo borders and chased with rosettes on strapwork, the knopped quadrangular stems with lion masks and shell ornament and further marked on bases and drip-pans, strapwork on matted ground, the latter by William Cafe, circa 1750
57 1/4 oz; 1780 g
height 9 1/4 in.; 23 cm
These candlesticks share the same design of the bases as a pair by Kandler, also 1730, but with openwork shoulders, Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1954, lot 149, illus. Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1986, no.830, p.196.
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