ID 960967
Lot 111 | A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1842
Each on shaped circular base chased with matted scrolls and stylised fleur-de-lys and applied with flower buds and leaves, the baluster stem chased on the shoulder with three cartouches with flower garlands and raised flowers, the socket slightly everted with detachable nozzle, engraved with two crests on base and nozzles, marked on foot-rims and nozzles
13 1/4 in. (33 cm.) high
86 oz. 10 dwt. (2,692 gr.)
The crests are those of Lowndes and Gorst, for Thomas Mee Lowndes (formerly Gorst) (1801-1853), who assumed by Royal License the name of Lowndes in lieu of Gorst in 1841, under the terms of the will of his great uncle Robert Lowndes of Palterton Hall, Derbyshire.
| Artist: | Robert Garrard I (1755 - 1818) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Artist: | Robert Garrard I (1755 - 1818) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Candlesticks |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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