A SET OF FOUR FINE GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS WITH GEORGE III TWO-LIGHT BRANCHES LONDON, 1731, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE; THE BRANCHES 1771, MAKER'S MARK EC, PROBABLY FOR EBENEZER COKER On stepped square bases with incurved corners, cast, chased and applied with foliate scrolls and rocaille against panels of matting and stylized shells, with central circular wells enclosed by panels of trelliswork and headed by spiral leaves, rising to knopped waisted tapering stems chased with paterae and panels of overlapping scalework and headed at the shoulders with stylized shells, the baluster sockets applied wtih alternating swirling leaves and scorlls on a matted ground; the branches with baluster central standards with conforming paterae and chased flutes on a matted ground, each with two multi-scroll branches applied with overlapping scale-work supporting square wax-pans with incurved corners and applied with shell and baluster sockets with conforming decoration, marked under bases, two with Britannia Standard hallmarks, and with Lamerie's Britannia Standard maker's mark (Hare, no. 3) the other two with sterling standard hallmarks and Lamerie's Britannia Standard maker's mark overstriking his sterling standard mark; the branches marked on flanges, wax-pans and sockets -- overall height of candlesticks 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) (268 oz.)
A SET OF FOUR FINE GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS WITH GEORGE III TWO-LIGHT BRANCHES LONDON, 1731, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE; THE BRANCHES 1771, MAKER'S MARK EC, PROBABLY FOR EBENEZER COKER On stepped square bases with incurved corners, cast, chased and applied with foliate scrolls and rocaille against panels of matting and stylized shells, with central circular wells enclosed by panels of trelliswork and headed by spiral leaves, rising to knopped waisted tapering stems chased with paterae and panels of overlapping scalework and headed at the shoulders with stylized shells, the baluster sockets applied wtih alternating swirling leaves and scorlls on a matted ground; the branches with baluster central standards with conforming paterae and chased flutes on a matted ground, each with two multi-scroll branches applied with overlapping scale-work supporting square wax-pans with incurved corners and applied with shell and baluster sockets with conforming decoration, marked under bases, two with Britannia Standard hallmarks, and with Lamerie's Britannia Standard maker's mark (Hare, no. 3) the other two with sterling standard hallmarks and Lamerie's Britannia Standard maker's mark overstriking his sterling standard mark; the branches marked on flanges, wax-pans and sockets -- overall height of candlesticks 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) (268 oz.)
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