THE ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR `FLORA` CANDLESTICKS A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
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ID 992583
Lot 94 | THE ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR 'FLORA' CANDLESTICKS
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF THOMAS HEMING, LONDON, 1770
Each on openwork tripod scroll base applied with acanthus and laurel swags, the stems each formed as a classical allegorical figure emblematic of the goddess Flora, draped with garlands of flowers holding an openwork acanthus knop below a floral fluted drip-pan, the socket chased with acanthus, engraved on the bases with a coat-of-arms with baron's coronet above, marked under bases and on socket
11 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) high
70 oz. 8 dwt. (2,189 gr.)
The arms are those of Arundell with Conquest in pretence, for Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour (1740-1808), of Wardour Castle, Wiltshire and his wife Mary Christina (b.c.1743-1813), daughter and heiress of Benedict Conquest of Irnham Hall, Lincolnshire, whom he married in 1763.
Provenance
Henry Arundell, 7th Baron Arundell of Wardour (1740-1808), of Wardour Castle, Wiltshire.
A Lady; Christie's, London, 11 December 1963, lot 153 (£1,100 to Tessier),
With Tessier, London,
A Collector; Sotheby's, London, 8 June 1972, lot 9.
With J. H. Bourdon Smith, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 April 1995, lot 362.
Literature
M. Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Gold and Silver of Great Britain and North America, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 62, fig. 81.
T. Schroder, The British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2009, pp. 434-435, n. 12.
Exhibited
London, Christie's, Fanfare for Europe: the British Art Market, 1972, cat. p. 76, exhibited by J. H. Bourdon-Smith.
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.
Artist: | Thomas Heming |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Category: | Candlesticks |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Artist: | Thomas Heming |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
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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