Lot 145
145
A PAIR OF GEORGE II CANDELSTICKS, each on square base with incurved corners and with baluster stem, vase-shaped socket and detachable spool-shaped nozzle with circular drip-pan, cast and chased with palm fronds, shells and flaming torches on a scalework ground, panels of matting and scalework and a band of laurel leaves, the stem with panels of quilting, the base and nozzle engraved twice with Baron's coronet, by John White, circa 1735, maker's mark struck twice only, the nozzles unmarked

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II CANDELSTICKS, each on square base with incurved corners and with baluster stem, vase-shaped socket and detachable spool-shaped nozzle with circular drip-pan, cast and chased with palm fronds, shells and flaming torches on a scalework ground, panels of matting and scalework and a band of laurel leaves, the stem with panels of quilting, the base and nozzle engraved twice with Baron's coronet, by John White, circa 1735, maker's mark struck twice only, the nozzles unmarked
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high
(50ozs.) (2)

Lot Essay

These candlesticks derive from an 'antique' pattern, engraved by Jean Barain (d.1711) dessinateur to King Louis XIV, which were introduced to London by Hugenot goldsmiths such as Paul de Lamerie and David Willaume. The serpentined shaft enriched with imbricated panels and the nature-goddess' shell badge, together with the striggilated foliage wrapping the nozzles and plinths reflect the 'picturesque' style of the early years of King Louis XV and herald the first stirrings of the English Rococo period. The pattern proved to be amongst de Lamerie's most popular models, the most well-known set being those made for Sir Robert Walpole in 1731, see Timothy Shroder, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, Los Angeles, 1988, p.204-206

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