Style: New York
Style: New York
A Pair of George I Silver Octagonal Candlesticks, George Boothby, London, 1720, Britannia Standard
Lot Closed
October 21, 04:03 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Pair of George I Silver Octagonal Candlesticks, 1720, Britannia Standard
George Boothby, London
baluster form, faceted all over, engraved with contemporary crest in strapwork cartouche, fixed later nozzles
marked underneath bases and sconces
21 oz
653.1 g
height 6 3/4 in.
17.3 cm
George Boothby's maker's mark has a bird above his initials, probably as a reference to his address “at the Parrot in the Strand”. Also he enters his first mark on 1 March 1720, Britannia Standard, which the offered pair has, and his second mark on 4 August 1720, Sterling Standard.