A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF JOHN ROMER, LONDON, 1763

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JOHN ROMER, LONDON, 1763
Each on a shaped triangular base with shells and rocaille, rising to a knopped stem with conforming decoration, surmounted by an urn-form socket with removable leaf-shaped waxpan, the base and waxpan engraved with a crest and Baron's coronet, marked under base, on socket and on waxpan
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high; 139 oz. 10 dwt. (4,353 gr.) (4)

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Lot Essay

The crest is that of the Barons Crewe, almost certainly for John, 1st Baron Crewe (1742-1829), of Crewe Hall, Cheshire. A Whig politician serving in Parliament for 46 years, he was created Baron at the time of Charles Fox's return to Parliament in 1806. He married Frances Anne, only daughter of Fulke Greville, in 1746. One of the most beautiful women in England, she was renowned for lavish entertainments both at Crewe Hall and her Hampstead villa, at which she hosted the most famous political and artistic figures of her time.

***CAPTIONS***
John Crewe, later 1st Baron Crewe, by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
Christie's Images

Lady Crewe (1769-1830), study by Sir Thomas Lawrence, circa 1810
Courtesy Agnew's Gallery

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