Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 14th July 2021
Lot 796
A pair of George III silver three-light candelabra
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £4800
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Description
A pair of George III silver three-light candelabra,
by John Scofield, London 1799,
tapering circular fluted columns, central urn capital, with two scroll arms each supporting a further capital, on raised circular bases, with reeded borders, the undersides with turned wooden bases, height 43cm, approx. weight of branches 59.6oz. (2)
Provenance:
Sold by direction of the executors of the late Sylvia Quance. From the collection of Gordon W Quance.
Purchased from Christie, Manson and Woods, King Street, London, Important Old English Silver, 11 December 1968, lot 153, hammer price £4000.
The crest is probably that of Currer of Yorkshire.