European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Description:
Four Assembled George III Sterling Silver Candlesticks, London, two 1767-68, with rubbed marks "·C" possibly for William Cripps, two 1772-73, with marks "I·C" possibly for John Carter II, each numbered and with scratch weights to top sconce, removable bobeches with lion passant and rubbed maker's marks, each formed as a Corinthian column with acanthus-capped sconce and stop-fluted stem terminating in a weighted base with gadrooned rim, ht. 12 1/8 in.
Provenance: The Estate of Hugh Trumbull Adams, to benefit the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Collections Acquisitions Fund.
Estimate $600-800
Two bobeches marked with maker's mark "WC," one additionally numbered "2" the other "4" though do not fit well with corresponding "WC" candlesticks. The other two bobeches not numbered, one with faint "_C" mark, the other only bearing lion passant and fit loosely into "IC" candlesticks. (When bobeches are shuffled between all four, you can get all to sit relatively flat.) "WC" candlesticks with slightly wider bases. All with varying degrees of surface wear, some worn through surface of the silver particularly to bases, one "IC" candlestick with loss to silver/splitting along fluted edge of stem (see image). Scattered minor nicks and abrasions, candlesticks appear relatively straight, one tilted very slightly. Lacquered surface.
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Keywords
Hugh Trumbull AdamsStuart Slavid
Senior Vice President
Director of Fine Ceramics
Director of Fine Silver
Director of European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Emily Stegner
Specialist, European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Stephanie Opolski
Appraiser
508-970-3000
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
The European Furniture & Decorative Arts department curates auctions of English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Russian antiques, furniture, and decorative arts.