Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Jewellery, Silver and Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 30 000
About this Item
London, England
A pair of cast George II silver candlesticks, John Cafe, London, 1751
each on a shaped circular spreading base, chased with scrolls, fluting and quilting, rising to a knopped baluster stem with conforming decoration and spool-form socket with removable quilted nozzles, the bases engraved with initials, splits, dents, holes, 25cm high, 1675g all in
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Provenance
Purchased from Templar's Antiques (Pty) Ltd, Benmore Gardens, Sandton, 16 February 1979
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