A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

MARK OF THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1806

細節

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Mark of Thomas Pitts, London, 1806
Each on shaped square stepped base, two corners cast with masks, two corners with rococo cartouches, rising to a knopped fluted stem decorated with shells, foliage and sheep's heads, surmounted by an urn-form leaf-clad socket, the leaf-clad scrolling arms with circular wax-pans and rocaille-clad nozzles, the central urn-form finial rocaille-clad, each base and wax-pan engraved with a Duke's crest, each marked under base, central bezel, wax-pans and nozzles
13½in. (34.2cm.) high; 102oz. (3187gr.) (2)

來源

The Duke of Newcastle, removed from Clumber, Worksop, sold Christie's, London, July 7, 1921, lot 32 (/P103 to Willson)

拍品專文

The crest is that of the Duke of Newcastle

These were made for Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle (1785-1851) to match an existing pair by Craig & Neville of 1741. Both pairs were sold by the 7th Duke of Newcastle as consecutive lots, Christie's, London, July 7, 1921, lots 31 and 32.