A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS, A MATCHING PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER BRANCHES AND A VICTORIAN SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM, MARK OF FREDERICK KNOPFELL, LONDON, 1758, ONE BASE WITH MARKS OBSCURED, ONE SOCKET WITH MARK OF SIMON LE SAGE, THE...

A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS, A MATCHING PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER BRANCHES AND A VICTORIAN SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM
MARK OF FREDERICK KNOPFELL, LONDON, 1758, ONE BASE WITH MARKS OBSCURED, ONE SOCKET WITH MARK OF SIMON LE SAGE, THE BRANCHES MARK OF ALEXANDER MACRAE, LONDON, 1877, THE CANDELABRUM MARK OF ROBERT AND ALLAN ROSKELL AND JOHN MORTIMER HUNT, LONDON, 1882
Each on spirally-fluted shaped circular and baluster stem, with waisted central nozzle, the branches with partly-fluted tapering nozzles, the candlesticks with filled bases, marked on bases, branches, nozzles and sockets
The candelabrum: 28 in. (71.2 cm.) high
weighable silver 172 oz. 14 dwt. (5,370 gr.)

Provenance

Purchased by William James from Hunt & Roskell (late Storr & Mortimer), London; the pair on 14 June 1882 for £77, the single candelabrum on 21 June 1882 for £125.