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GOOD PAIR GEORGE II CAST SILVER ROCOCO CANDLESTICKS

John Cafe, London,1755

 

Good Pair of George II Cast Silver Rococo Candlesticks, John Cafe, London,1755

 

The elaborately decorated square based cast rococo candlesticks with knopped stems,
having fine rope twist (cording) to the shaped nozzle and lower annulated knop,
the flaring square bases stepped and having four shell corners; original shell-edged bobeches

 

Condition : Excellent with very minor wear; maker's and lion passant marks to nozzles rubbed;

one nozzle marked, the other apparently polished out;

crisp marks verso, with owner's initials P over S * K and pr 40=6

 

Good Pair of George II Cast Silver Rococo Candlesticks, John Cafe, London,1755, maker's mark verso

 

Base Verso John Cafe Maker's Mark

 

Nozzle rubbed mark for John Cafe, and Lion Passsnt     Nozzle rubbed mark for John Cafe, and Lion Passsnt

 

Nozzle rubbed mark for John Cafe, and Lion Passsnt

 

John Cafe was a specialist candlestick maker, who together with his brother William,

appear to have had a monopoly in candlestick trade.

John worked from 1740 until his death in 1757,

and William working until his own death in the early 1800s.

 

10" High, the Bases x 4.75" Wide / 43.4 oz

 

#7715

 

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Verso, showing marks, as well as wright marks and initials P over S * K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pair George II Silver Candlesticks, John Cafe, London, 1755, & a Pair Regency Silver Candlesticks, Roberts & Co., Sheffield, 1813 A Good Pair Regency Silver Candlesticks, Roberts & Co., Sheffield, 1813, creste A Good Pair George II Silver Candlesticks, John Cafe, London, 1755 A Good Pair George II Silver Candlesticks, John Cafe, London, 1755

A Good Pair George II Silver Candlesticks, John Cafe, London, 1755

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A Good Pair Regency Silver Candlesticks, Roberts & Co., Sheffield, 1813, crested

 

 

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Good Pair of George II Cast Silver Rococo Candlesticks, John Cafe, London,1755  

 

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