Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 30th October 2018

Lot 1003

A pair of Queen Anne silver candlesticks

Estimate £15,000 - £20,000

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Description

A pair of Queen Anne silver candlesticks,

by John Barnard, London 1705,

slight tapering fluted columns, rope-work borders, on raised square bases with canted corners and fluted decoration, engraved with oval armorials, later bright lacquer, height 27cm, approx. weight 34.6oz. (2)

The arms are those of Wrathe (Wroth) and another.

Provenance: purchased from How (Of Edinburgh), 41 St. James's Place, London 12 December 1995.

Illustrated in How of Edinburgh 1992 Exhibition catalogue, plate 19, number 30.