Details
The shaped circular bases and knopped stems densely chased with scrolls, masks, flowerheads, foliage, and rocaille, with three foliate scroll branches terminating in female busts supporting circular drip pans with floral borders, conforming campana-form sconces and removable nozzles, the nozzles engraved with a crest, with central leaf-wrapped bud finial, marked throughout, the stems dated 1827, the branches dated 1820
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high
228 oz. 8 dwt. (7,103 gr.)
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The crest found on the present lot of a horse's hind leg out of a Ducal coronet could be that of Duncombe, Dunscombe, Fresh, Saward, or Seward.

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