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MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1850, RETAILED BY HUNT & ROSKELL, LATE STORR, MORTIMER & HUNT
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1850, RETAILED BY HUNT & ROSKELL, LATE STORR, MORTIMER & HUNT
Each on shaped circular base, cast and chased with scrolls and shells, with vine tendril stem and similar branches, each with foliate drip-pan and socket, engraved on stem with crest, marked on base, drip-pans, and sockets, stamped 1 and 2 on respective central lights
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high
approximately 199 oz. 6 dwt. (6,200 gr.)
The crest is probably that of Kay, possibly for Alexander Kay (1796-1866), a wealthy insurance broker of Glasgow, who left £10,000 for the founding of Kay Park in Kilmarnock, the centrepiece of which is the Burns Memorial.
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1850, RETAILED BY HUNT & ROSKELL, LATE STORR, MORTIMER & HUNT
Each on shaped circular base, cast and chased with scrolls and shells, with vine tendril stem and similar branches, each with foliate drip-pan and socket, engraved on stem with crest, marked on base, drip-pans, and sockets, stamped 1 and 2 on respective central lights
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high
approximately 199 oz. 6 dwt. (6,200 gr.)
The crest is probably that of Kay, possibly for Alexander Kay (1796-1866), a wealthy insurance broker of Glasgow, who left £10,000 for the founding of Kay Park in Kilmarnock, the centrepiece of which is the Burns Memorial.
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