Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 30th October 2012

Lot 1054

A set of four continental silver altar candlesticks

Estimate £20,000 - £30,000

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Description

A set of four continental silver altar candlesticks, marked with an assay scrape, but apparently no other marks, possibly Spanish circa 1680, knopped baluster stems, rope-work borders, elongated capitals, on raised triangular bases with rope-work borders on three ball feet, engraved with a crest below a hat with rope-work mantling, slight variation in heights 28.8cm, 29.2cm and two 30cm, approx. weight 80oz. (4) Provenance: The Property of Lord and Lady Fairhaven.