A MATCHED SET OF FOUR GEORGE I/II SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS, TWO, DAVID GREENE, 1718, TWO, JAMES GOULD, 1731, BOTH LONDON |

hexagonal knopped baluster form, later gilded and chased in the rococo taste with foliage, C-scrolls, and flower-heads, engraved with the Smith crest, the later hexagonal nozzles, John Priest, London, circa 1750, similarly decorated, in a 19th century fitted case with later brass plaque engraved C.M.S [for Christian Margaret Smith]

Good marks to each underside. The four nozzles part marked with maker's mark and lion passant, one larger than other three. The gilding and chasing probably executed in the 1820's-30's when the case was made for them. Nice heavy gauge and good condition overall. The George I candlesticks Britannia standard.
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