Candlestick
Date1752
Artist/Maker
John Cafe
OriginEngland, London
MediumSilver
DimensionsHeight with bobeche: 8 1/4"; Width across foot: 5 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1947-425,3
DescriptionCast silver candlestick with a cylindrical socket molded at the top and bottom, a stem in form of asix-petaled flower above molded knop. Its low-domed terraced base is hexagonally scalloped with the lobes fluted to suggest shells or flower petals. The bobeche is topped by a hexagonally scalloped flange en suite with the form of the base.MarkingsStruck on the inside of the base with the standard London sterling hallmarks for 1752, plus Cafe's mark of a Gothic "I : C" below a cinquefoil, all in relief within a three-lobed cartouche (Grimwade-1228).
ProvenanceVendor: Alfred Hardcastle,York, England
1759
1752
1754
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1745-1765
ca.1740-1760
ca.1740-1760
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ca.1740-1760