TWO MATCHING GEORGE II SILVER CRUET STANDS, GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1742

Property from an Important Southern Collection
TWO MATCHING GEORGE II SILVER CRUET STANDS, GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1742

the octagonal bottle-holders pierced with interlaced foliage, with acanthus-capped scalework handles, the silver mounts of the cut-glass bottles engraved with shells, acanthus, and flowers, one pair with later lion crest below coronet, the other pair with later Moor-head crest below coronet
stands marked on bases and numbered and with scratch weights No 1 / 21=5 and No 2 / 21=5, the bottle mounts unmarked
42 oz excluding bottles
1306 g
length 6⅝ in.

Condition Report:
One bottle-holder with nick to rim. Both with minor surface nicks throughout. One bottle with repair to cover near hinge, with glue residue beneath openwork collar, and minor chip to glass body at angle. Another bottle with small chips to glass at base rim.

Provenance:
Garrard & Co., Ltd., London, May and July 1980