Lot 2142
  • 2142

Eight matching George III silver candlesticks, Ebenezer Coker, London, 1763 (4) - 1764 (4)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases, sconces, and six nozzles, some with engraved and stamped numbers
  • silver
  • height 10 1/2 in.
  • 26.7 cm
stepped square bases with gadroon rims, spiral-fluted centers rising to baluster stems, fluted shoulders, and campana sconces with matching borders, spiral-fluted detachable square nozzles, 1763 examples engraved with discreet crest on stems

Literature

George Parker, “Lighting and Dining in the Eighteenth Century: Silver Pewter, Brass and Bronze,” Wisconsin Academy Review, 43: 3 (Summer 1997), 15.

Condition

one sconce with small dent, one nozzle with splitting and repairs to flange, two of the uncrested sticks engraved with block initials W*E underneath base, overall good condition with minor dings to all
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