Lot 60
  • 60

A set of four George III silver candlesticks, Ebenezer Coker, London, 1762

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base rims and nozzles, tops numbered 1-4 and with scratch weights 21=1 1/2, 21=8, 22=3 1/2, and 21=12
  • silver
  • height 12 1/2 in.
  • 31.7 cm
formed as Corinthian columns with openwork capitals, on stepped and gadroon bases, matching crested nozzles, weighted bases

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, October 26, 2005, lot 280

Condition

minor dings throughout, crests on nozzles largely rubbed, one nozzle with splitting halfway around the seam where top joins with the socket, otherwise good
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