Lot 832
  • 832

Four matching Georgian silver candlesticks, 1756-1770

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • silver
  • height 10, 8 34 in.
  • 25.3, 22 cm
the hexagonal bases with shells at the angles, comprising: two taller, initialed E under boar's head crest, by Ebenezer Coker, London, 1763 and 1770, , and two shorter, by William Grundy, London, 1756,

Condition

on Coker sticks one nozzle by another maker, the other unmarked; on Grundy sticks one nozzle unmarked; some overall wear, one Coker stick with cast-in repair at top of base
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