MARK OF THOMAS FARREN, LONDON, 1737

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A pair of George II silver candlesticks
Mark of Thomas Farren, London, 1737
Each on shaped square base and with baluster stem and spool-shaped socket, the bases and shoulders cast and chased with grotesque masks, strapwork and panels of diaperwork, further cast and chased with strapwork, rosettes, shells and husks, marked on bases and sockets
8¼in. (21cm.) high
58oz. (1,831gr.) (2)

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Lot Essay

This design for the candlestick is unusual with the elaborate decoration and use of strapwork and grotesque masks on the shoulders, which have parallels with German work of the period. They form part of small group of candlesticks of this design by Thomas Farren, the Subordiate Goldsmith to King George I and II. A silver-gilt pair of 1728 are illustrated in C. Hartop, The Huguenot Legacy, London, 1996, p.376, where he notes that a similar set of ten, engraved with the Royal arms were in the Spencer collection at Althrop and discussed by A. Grimwade in 'Silver at Althrop II', The Connoisseur, March 1963, p.3.

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