A pair of George II sterling silver candlesticks, London 1744/1745 by John Cafe

The bases of shaped and incurved square form with splayed shell corners, the central column with circular knops and a shaped square knop below a plain capital. Each with a removable shaped square sconce with shell corners. Each engraved to the bases with an impaled coat of arms in an asymmetrical C scroll cartouche flanked by reeds, the sconces engraved with a crest of a falcon rising. Engraved with a scratch weight underneath 38 O^z = 16 P^r to one stick. Each fully marked underneath, one for each date letter, the capitals and sconces with lion passant and maker’s mark. (2)

Height – 20.5 cm / 8.1 inches

Weight – 1192 grams / 38.32 ozt

Provenance: Hampton House, Richmond upon Thames