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298 A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS, EBENEZER COKER, LONDON, 1764 cast in early 18th Century Regence style, the cut-cornered square bases and baluster stems decorated with formal strapwork, husks and other motifs enclosing masks and profiles, the bases each engraved with an early 19th Century coat-of-arms and crest 22.8cm high, 1512gr (48oz) For a pair of Louis XV silver candlesticks, Elie Pacot, Lille, 1709-1710, with similar decoration and a pair of branches, sockets and drip pans to match, William Cripps, London, 1757, see Christie’s, London, 14 June 2005, lot 216. See also a set of four Ebenezer Coker candlesticks, London, 1772, in earlier French style, at Erdigg, Wrexham (National Trust Inventory no. 1151569.2). £3000-4000
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