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MARK OF THOMAS MERRY, LONDON, 1715
Details
A set of four George I silver candlesticks, snuffer and stand, and taperstick
Mark of Thomas Merry, London, 1715
Each octagonal baluster form, on octagonal base with incurved sides, with vase-shaped sockets, the snuffer stand with flattened octagonal socket and scroll handle, the snuffer with oval box and ring handles, the candlesticks, snuffer and stand each engraved with a crest, marked on base of candlesticks, taperstick and stand, and inside each side of snuffer box
the candlesticks, 7in. (18cm.) high
61oz. (1,898gr.)
The arms are those of (7)
Mark of Thomas Merry, London, 1715
Each octagonal baluster form, on octagonal base with incurved sides, with vase-shaped sockets, the snuffer stand with flattened octagonal socket and scroll handle, the snuffer with oval box and ring handles, the candlesticks, snuffer and stand each engraved with a crest, marked on base of candlesticks, taperstick and stand, and inside each side of snuffer box
the candlesticks, 7in. (18cm.) high
61oz. (1,898gr.)
The arms are those of (7)
Provenance
Spink & Son, March 1953
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 14 March 1984, lot 244
Anon. sale; Christie's New York, 14 March 1984, lot 244
Literature
Christie's Review of the Season, 1984, p.330
M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, 1985, p.61
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p.115, no.3
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no.56, p.83
M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, 1985, p.61
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p.115, no.3
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no.56, p.83
Exhibited
Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, English Silver, no. F22
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 56
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 56
Special notice
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