A set of six George II silver candlesticks

MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM GRUNDY, LONDON, 1756

细节

A set of six George II silver candlesticks
maker's mark of William Grundy, London, 1756
Each on shaped circular-foot, baluster stem, vase-shaped sockets and shaped-circular nozzles, chased overall with shells, flutes and quilting, with gadrooned borders, each engraved with a crest, marked on underside of one base, five with obscured marks
12½in. (31.7cm.) high

来源

Sir William Lowther, 2nd Bt. (d.1763) and thence by descent The Rev. William Lowther, 1st Bt., 2nd creation and thence by descent The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, sold in these room, 20 February 1947, lot 267.

拍品专文

The crest is that of Lowther, presumably for Sir William Lowther, 2nd Bt., (d.1763) M. P. for Pontifract from 1729 until 1741. On his death the title became extinct and his estates passed to his cousin The Rev. William Lowther (1707-1788) who was later created a baronet in 1764. His eldest son William was created 1st Earl of Lonsdale in 1807.