Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 6th October 2021

Lot 701

A pair of George III silver scissor candle snuffers / trimmers

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £150

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Description

A pair of George III silver scissor candle snuffers / trimmers,

by Wilkes and Booth, London 1811,

the handles with pierced gadroon and foliate decoration, plain ring handles, the steel cutter with a guillotine mechanism, the cutter stamped PATENT, engraved with a crest, length 16.5cm.

The crest is that of Pamure, Roskruge, Rose, Price, Dunbar and others.