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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
LONDON, 1718, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE (HARE, NO. 2)
On stepped square bases with incurved corners, with central circular wells rising to knopped faceted baluster stems with octagonal shoulders and spool-form sockets, the wells engraved with a crest, marked under bases, one socket with lion's head erased, the bases with scratch weights 14=7 and 14=12 --6 1/2in. (16.5cm.) high
(27oz 18dwt.) (2)
LONDON, 1718, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE (HARE, NO. 2)
On stepped square bases with incurved corners, with central circular wells rising to knopped faceted baluster stems with octagonal shoulders and spool-form sockets, the wells engraved with a crest, marked under bases, one socket with lion's head erased, the bases with scratch weights 14=7 and 14=12 --6 1/2in. (16.5cm.) high
(27oz 18dwt.) (2)
Provenance
The Renowned Collection of Silversmith's Work formed by the Right Hon. Montagu, First Lord Swaythling ... The Swaythling Heirlooms, Christie's, London, May 24, 1924, lot 34
Baron Eric de Kusel, Christie's, London, May 23, 1963, lot 164
Baron Eric de Kusel, Christie's, London, May 23, 1963, lot 164
Literature
Starkie Gardner, plate CX, fig. 2
Schroder, 1983, p. 11, no. 4
Schroder, 1983, p. 11, no. 4
Exhibited
St. James's Court, 1902, case C, no. 40, exhibuted by Sir Samuel Montagu, later Lord Swaythling
Cheltenham, 1983, no. 4
Cheltenham, 1983, no. 4
Engraved
The crest is that of Spencer