Silver & Collectors' Items - 22nd and 23rd July - 22nd July 2014

Lot 974

A pair of William III silver candlesticks

Estimate £8,000 - £12,000

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Description

A pair of William III silver candlesticks,

maker's mark B or JB conjoined, London 1690,

fluted columns, on raised octagonal bases, shaped circular drip pans, engraved with an armorial within foliate scroll mantling, height 16cm, approx. weight 13oz. (2)

Provenance: purchased from Payne and Son, Oxford, 31 November 2005.

For maker's mark see Jackson's, Ian Pickford Edition, The Antique Collectors Club, 2002, page 123.

The crest is that used by many families including Mildmay, Bard, Belhouse, Talbot and Warwick.