A GEORGE III SILVER AND GLASS CANDELABRUM CENTREPIECE, MARK OF BENJAMIN AND JAMES SMITH, LONDON, 1811
A GEORGE III SILVER AND GLASS CANDELABRUM CENTREPIECE
MARK OF BENJAMIN AND JAMES SMITH, LONDON, 1811
Circular, on three paw feet, rising to fluted supports with winged caryatid terminal linked by flower festoons, each terminal headed by a bud issuing a detachable bifurcated branch terminating in two foliate sockets and nozzles, the three cross-supports formed as leaves, the central cut-glass dish enclosed in a band chased with foliate scrolls, marked on frame, festoons, arms and nozzles
16 5/8 in. (42.5 cm.) high
weight of silver 162 oz. 6 dwt. (5,049 gr.)
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A GEORGE III SILVER AND GLASS CANDELABRUM CENTREPIECE
MARK OF BENJAMIN AND JAMES SMITH, LONDON, 1811
Circular, on three paw feet, rising to fluted supports with winged caryatid terminal linked by flower festoons, each terminal headed by a bud issuing a detachable bifurcated branch terminating in two foliate sockets and nozzles, the three cross-supports formed as leaves, the central cut-glass dish enclosed in a band chased with foliate scrolls, marked on frame, festoons, arms and nozzles
16 5/8 in. (42.5 cm.) high
weight of silver 162 oz. 6 dwt. (5,049 gr.)