A set of four Louis XIV silver candlesticks with maker's mark of Nicolas Outrebon Paris, 1735 Each on shaped-circular base and with baluster stem, vase-shaped sockets and detachable nozzles, the bases with ovolo border and chased with a band of shells, husks and strapwork on a quatrefoil strewn matted ground, the stems with pendant husk shoulders and panels of shell and overlaid leaf ornament, the bases and nozzles of each set engraved with a crest, marked under bases and in sockets, the base rim with décharge, each engraved beneath the base with inventory number and scratch weight, 26=10, 29=11, 26=5, 28=13, the nozzles unmarked 203/4in. (25cm.) high 103ozs. (3,211grs.) The crest is that of Stuart for John, 3rd Earl of Bute, K.G. (1713-1792). (4)
A set of four Louis XIV silver candlesticks with maker's mark of Nicolas Outrebon Paris, 1735 Each on shaped-circular base and with baluster stem, vase-shaped sockets and detachable nozzles, the bases with ovolo border and chased with a band of shells, husks and strapwork on a quatrefoil strewn matted ground, the stems with pendant husk shoulders and panels of shell and overlaid leaf ornament, the bases and nozzles of each set engraved with a crest, marked under bases and in sockets, the base rim with décharge, each engraved beneath the base with inventory number and scratch weight, 26=10, 29=11, 26=5, 28=13, the nozzles unmarked 203/4in. (25cm.) high 103ozs. (3,211grs.) The crest is that of Stuart for John, 3rd Earl of Bute, K.G. (1713-1792). (4)
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