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MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1731
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1731
Each on stepped square base with incurved corners, the baluster stem terminating in a spool-shaped socket, the base of each engraved with coat-of-arms, each marked under base
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high, 61 oz. 6 dwt. (1,909 gr.)
The arms are those of Weston, for Melior Mary Weston (1703-1782), the last member of the Weston family to live at Sutton Place, the great Tudor House in Surrey.
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME II, LONDON, 1731
Each on stepped square base with incurved corners, the baluster stem terminating in a spool-shaped socket, the base of each engraved with coat-of-arms, each marked under base
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high, 61 oz. 6 dwt. (1,909 gr.)
The arms are those of Weston, for Melior Mary Weston (1703-1782), the last member of the Weston family to live at Sutton Place, the great Tudor House in Surrey.
Provenance
Acquired from S.J. Shrubsole, New York, 2012.
Literature
W. Adelson et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Supplement, New York, 2015, vol. V, p. 268, no. 130 (illustrated).
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