MAKER'S MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, CIRCA 1745, MAKER'S MARK ONLY

Details

A set of four George II silver candlesticks
maker's mark of Peter Archambo, London, circa 1745, maker's mark only
Each on shaped-triangular base and with spirally-fluted column stem, Corinthian capital socket and detachable shaped-square nozzle, the bases cast and chased with shells, scrolls and flowers, the nozzles chased with rosettes and with guilloche borders, marked on bases and one nozzle
12in. (31cm.) high
186ozs. (5,783grs.) (4)

Provenance

Francis W. Leyborne Popham, of Littlecote; Christie's, 24 November 1891, lot 29 (¨130 to Alf. Sol.)

Lot Essay

A set of four candlsticks with similar spirally-fluted or Solomonic stems by Francis Butty and Lewis Hearne, 1759, from the Rex Beaumont collection; Christie's, 2 December 1964, lot 10. The bases, shaped-square in form, cast and chased with shells and folige, are less spohisticated than the strongly rococo shaped-triangular bases of the present set. There are a number of similarities between the bases of the present set by Peter Archambo and the bases of the set of four George II silver-gilt candlesticks, by Paul de Lamerie, 1746, from the Bute collection; Christie's 3 July 1996, lot 67

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