MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1777

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF JOHN WAKELIN AND WILLIAM TAYLOR, LONDON, 1777
Each on a spreading circular fluted base with laurel border, with tapering fluted stem applied with laurel swags, the central finial surmounted by a flaming urn with two side pendant rings and with two acanthus-clad scroll branches with circular wax-pans and sockets, marked on bases, branches and sockets, engraved under bases with scratchweights and numbers No 2 30= 7 and No 3 30=9 and on branches with No 2 28= 10 and No 3 26=12
14 1/4 in. (36 cm.) high
110 oz. 10 dwt. (3,438 gr.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 April 1998, lot 216.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

These candelabra are based on a model by celebrated French silversmith Robert-Joseph Auguste. A set of four, of 1767, made by Auguste for the 1st Earl of Harcourt (1714-1777) were sold, Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1993, lot 103. Auguste's work was well-represented in his collection, reflecting Lord Harcourt's Francophile taste and his time in Paris as ambassador to the court of Louis XV from 1768 to 1772. Edward Wakelin and John Parker supplied his ambassadorial dinner service, in the French style.

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