£4,200
A pair of George II silver candlesticks, London 1734, John Jacob, the bases are stepped with a deep reverse ogee between two convex mouldings, the lower deeper and the upper narrower, the upper flat surfaces of the bases are flat-chased with four female masks within scrolls and stippled panels, the baluster stems are capped at the shoulders with stylised leaves. Each stick is engraved within the well of the base with a reverse script cipher 'R' below a baron's coronet, with later Victorian silver nozzles by Robert Garrard, height 24cm, combined weight 1,725g/55.46ozt approx (2) Note: Portraits of John [Jean] Jacob and his second wife survive and are now part of the collection held by the Huguenot Museum London. Relatively few pieces struck with Jacob's mark survive. It seems likely that Jacob began as a working silversmith and later became a retailer. This particular form of candlestick is most unusual and seems to have been particular to Jacob.Two other pairs are known and each is marked for 1734. One pair has a domed centre between the base and the stem, whereas this pair and the other pair have a sunken well which rises conically into the stem. The chased female masks on the upper side of the bases on these candlesticks has not been noted on any other pair. These sticks were produced without nozzles (nozzles began to be made from the later 1730's) but the later associated nozzles, albeit with worn maker's mark, can be identified as having been supplied by Robert Garrard in 1838
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