Silver & Objects of Vertu - 2nd May 2024

Lot 1563

A pair of George III silver candlesticks,

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2520

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Description

A pair of George III silver candlesticks,
by William Cafe, London 1765,
tapering baluster columns, scroll shoulders, spool-shaped capitals with gadroon borders, detachable drip pans, engraved crests, on stepped square bases with gadroon border, height 26.4cm, total approx. weight 44.3oz. (2)

The crest is that of Parsons Baronet, (extinct), of Stanton-on-the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, of Langley, Buckinghamshire and Epsom, Surrey.
Provenance: The Barry Lock Collection part II.