拍品 77
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A pair of George IV silver-gilt stands
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A pair of George IV silver-gilt stands

MARK OF EDWARD FARRELL, LONDON, 1825

细节
A pair of George IV silver-gilt stands
Mark of Edward Farrell, London, 1825
Each cast base formed as a small mound realistically cast and chased with tree-roots, one with foliage, the stems each formed as the kneeling figure of a blackamoor wearing a simple tunic fastenend around the waist with a ribbon-tied sash, his arms held aloft supporting a dish holder with plain and waved border, the other dentilated, each marked on base
5¼in. (13cm.) high
31oz. (992gr.) (2)
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拍品专文

Edward Farrell was greatly inspired by the work of earlier silversmiths. Late 17th and early 18th century candlestick stems forms are the basis for the kneeling blackamoor figures, which form the stems of the present lot. The goldsmiths Benjamin Bathurst and Anthony Nelme produced such candlesticks. The pair by Nelme are illustrated in Michael Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of Silver and Gold, Woodbridge, 1971, pl. 82, and the pair by Bathurst were sold Christie's London, 23 November 1999, lot 270.