MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1827

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A GEORGE IV SILVER FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRUM
MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, LONDON, 1827
On a shaped circular base chased with scrolls and flowers, the baluster stem decorated with rising foliage and scrolls, the ground flat chased with quatrefoils, the branches with conforming decoration, marked on base, branch bezel, central branch, and branch nut
23 in. (58.4 cm.) high; 235 oz. (7,322 gr.)

Lot Essay

This candelabrum matches a popular model of Benjamin Smith wine coolers in a correspondingly exuberant neo-rococo taste. Examples of these wine coolers include a pair of 1825, made for John, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane and sold Christie's, London 16 November, 2010, lot 453; a pair of 1826 for George, 5th Baron Vernon and sold Christie's, New York, 11 April 1995, lot 231; and a pair of 1826 with the arms of de Salis impaling Tulloch, sold Christie's, London, 2 March 1994, lot 51.

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