MARK OF JOHN PERO, LONDON, 1733

Details

A pair of George II silver-gilt two-light candelabra
Mark of John Pero, London, 1733
Each on shaped triangular base with lion's paw and foliage feet and gadrooned borders, the stems each formed as a kneeling blackamoor with chained collar and anklet, with arms raised, each supporting a detachable plain circular drip-pan and spool-shaped socket, the bases each later engraved with a crest with baron's coronet above, marked on bases and sockets, one base engraved with cancelled scratchweight '26=11', each with further scratchweights 'No 1 25:5' and 'No 2 26:8'
7 5/8in. (19.4cm.) high
52oz. (1,633gr.) (2)

Provenance

Edwin, 1st Baron Harewood (d.1795) or Edward, 1st Baron Harewood of Harewood, later 1st Earl of Harewood (1739-1820) and thence by descent to
George, 7th Earl of Harewood
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Harewood; Christie's London, 13 March 1957, lot 99, (£2,200 to Asprey) Mrs Antenor Patino; Sotheby's New York, 1 November 1997, lot 132

Literature

M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, 1971, p.55, illustrated

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Similar examples of these candlesticks include a library candelabrum by John Pero, 1733, sold Christie's London, 6 March, 1900, lot 97 and again 12 June, 1923, lot 51; a pair by Anthony Nelme, 1697, the property of William Randolph Heart, Esq., removed from St. Donat's Castle, Wales, sold Christie's London, 14 December 1938, lot 62; a pair by Benjamin Godfrey, 1739, sold Christie's London, 17 June, 1895, lot 60; and a single two-light candelabrum by Anne Tanqueray, circa 1730, the property of the Most Hon. the Marquess of Sligo and the Trustees of the Tollemache Estates, sold Christie's London, 13 May, 1953, lot 71.

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