A set of four George III silver candlesticks, maker's mark I.S, London, 1772

cluster columns with Corinthian sconces, the square bases with gadroon rims, leaves at the angles, and engraved with arms and a crest, one of the arms also with motto, weighted bases

all with dings throughout, two sticks with splitting at angles where column base attached to base, one stick with repaired splits to same area, one lacking a crest but doesn't appear to have been removed, that same stick with 1/4 in. long split in column and splits to a few gadroons on base
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The arms are those of Lyon, with probably Bryan in pretense.