These impressive antique George II cast silver candlesticks, in sterling standard, have a plain classical English form.
The plain hallmarked cylindrical capitals are encircled with bands of applied and tooled decoration.
The upper portion of the waisted shaped column features a plain panelled quatrefoil shaped knop embellished with four shell designs.
Each column is further ornamented with a plain circular knop lower portion and surmounts a plain circular sunken well.
These decorative columns surmount quatrefoil shaped bases embellished with further shell ornamentation, in a swirl design.
These Georgian cast silver candlesticks do not have a weighted bases.
Maker: Philip Garden
Date: 1742