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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS

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Auction dateClassic
08.02.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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ID 1134460
Lot 41 | A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF EDWARD, EDWARD, JAMES AND WILLIAM BARNARD, LONDON, 1844, DESIGNED BY EDWARD ENGLISH OF BATH AND MODELLED BY JAMES SHORT OF BRISTOL

Each on domed base chased with radiating palm foliage and resting on five scroll feet, the knop above chased, with alternating five-pointed mullet and husks, the fluted baluster stem chased with panels of scalework and rising from an acanthus calyx, the broad detachable drip-pan with foliate knop below, the underside chased with overlapping scales, with ovolo borders, with detachable foliate sockets, engraved beneath one foot with a crest, with motto above and earl's coronet beneath, marked on bases, drip-pan sleeves, drip-pan linings and socket bases, numbered 1 and 2, the bases engraved with signature ENGLISH BATH Delt. and SHORT BRISTOL Sculpt.

12 ¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high

99 oz. 14 dwt. (3,102 gr.)

The crest is that of Stanhope, presumably for Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope (1781-1855).





Provenance

Commissioned by William Beckford for Lansdown Tower, but probably not delivered, the order placed 1842 but hallmarked after 29 May 1844, following Beckford's death,

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 29 April 1987, lot 262 ($36,000).



Literature

J. Bourne and V. Brett, Lighting in the Domestic Interior, Renaissance to Art Nouveau, London, 1991, p. 182, fig. 599.
Artist:Barnard Brothers
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Candlesticks
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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