Lot 13
13
A PAIR OF FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA AFTER A MODEL BY PAUL DE LAMERIE, each on shaped-square base with incurved angles and with baluster stem, leaf-capped scroll branches, detachable shaped circular drip-pans and plain spool-shaped sockets, cast and chased with shells, flaming torches, foliage and scalework on a matted ground, by Daniel and

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A PAIR OF FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA AFTER A MODEL BY PAUL DE LAMERIE, each on shaped-square base with incurved angles and with baluster stem, leaf-capped scroll branches, detachable shaped circular drip-pans and plain spool-shaped sockets, cast and chased with shells, flaming torches, foliage and scalework on a matted ground, by Daniel and
John Welby, modern
13in. (33cm.) high
(185ozs.) (2)

Lot Essay

These candelabra are based on a pair by Paul de Lamerie of 1731, made for Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), now in the Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and recently exhibited London, Goldsmiths' Hall, Paul de Lamerie, The Work of England's Master Silversmith (1688-1751), 1990, no. 52

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