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MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1736
Details
A pair of George II silver-gilt candelabra
Mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1736
Each of baluster form, on shaped square base with incurved angles, cast and chased with cartouches, shells, cherubs' masks and scrolls on a textured ground, the slightly flaring stem chased with fishscales and shells with shell angles, the urn-shaped socket with a border of scrolls and foliage, the detachable three-light branches each of scrolling foliate form, each branch terminating in a caryatid, with detachable vase-shaped sockets chased with cartouches and grotesque masks, the shaped circular detachable drip-pans and nozzles formed as flowers with textured petals, the bases each engraved with two crests, marked on bases, branches, and four drip-pans
14 5/8in. (37cm.) high
169oz. (5,256gr.)
The crests are those of Lyne and Stephens for Charles Lyne Stephens Esq., (1764-1851). He assumed the additional name and arms of Stephens by Royal Licence in 1826 'in grateful and affectionate regard for the memory of his kinsman the late John James Stephens of Lisbon in Portugal from whom he derived considerable property.' Charles Lyne Stephens was the son of the Rev. John Lyne of Liskeard, co. Cornwall. He married Wilhemina Augusta Tomkin of Lisbon in 1797. (2)
Mark of Paul de Lamerie, London, 1736
Each of baluster form, on shaped square base with incurved angles, cast and chased with cartouches, shells, cherubs' masks and scrolls on a textured ground, the slightly flaring stem chased with fishscales and shells with shell angles, the urn-shaped socket with a border of scrolls and foliage, the detachable three-light branches each of scrolling foliate form, each branch terminating in a caryatid, with detachable vase-shaped sockets chased with cartouches and grotesque masks, the shaped circular detachable drip-pans and nozzles formed as flowers with textured petals, the bases each engraved with two crests, marked on bases, branches, and four drip-pans
14 5/8in. (37cm.) high
169oz. (5,256gr.)
The crests are those of Lyne and Stephens for Charles Lyne Stephens Esq., (1764-1851). He assumed the additional name and arms of Stephens by Royal Licence in 1826 'in grateful and affectionate regard for the memory of his kinsman the late John James Stephens of Lisbon in Portugal from whom he derived considerable property.' Charles Lyne Stephens was the son of the Rev. John Lyne of Liskeard, co. Cornwall. He married Wilhemina Augusta Tomkin of Lisbon in 1797. (2)
Provenance
Charles Lynn Stephens Esq., (1764-1851 and thence by descent to
Mrs Lynn Stephens(+); Christie's London, May 1895, lot 1169 (£549 to Boore)
Edward Steinkopff(+); Christie's London, 10 July 1935, lot 112
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 27 November 1935, lot 25 (£125 to C. B. Morgan)
Mrs Lynn Stephens(+); Christie's London, May 1895, lot 1169 (£549 to Boore)
Edward Steinkopff(+); Christie's London, 10 July 1935, lot 112
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 27 November 1935, lot 25 (£125 to C. B. Morgan)
Literature
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 73
J. B. Hawkins, The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, vol. I pp. 40-41
J. B. Hawkins, The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, vol. I pp. 40-41
Exhibited
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificnet Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 73
Special notice
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