George II Sterling Silver Candlesticks by John Cafe
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Paired candle sticks in sterling silver these interesting George II candle sticks are showing brocaded stepped base's and piped stems, finishing in floriate patterned candle holders. attributed to John Cafe London 1759.Height 31 cm. With weighted base.
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- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
- Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
- George Ii - George II (1683 - 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 until his death in 1760.
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- candlesticks, silver