A Fine Pair of Simon Jouet – George II Cast Silver Candlesticks
Maker: Simon Jouet (A fine maker)
Date: 1750
Assay Office: London
The stepped bases are decorated with linear bands and six raying shell motifs. The baluster shaped stems are also decorated with shells, flat fluting and reeding. Each has a detachable nozzle and the bases are both engraved with contemporary double Crests. The Candlesticks are both well marked in the foot and are of a very good weight and colour. Simon Jouet was of Huguenot descent and appears to have specialized in the production of candlesticks. He was apprentice to Thomas Folkingham
£6,500.00
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