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Candlestick
Marked by: Charles Kandler (active 1725–1735)
English (London)
1730–31
Medium/Technique
Silver (sterling standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 21.8 x 13.4 x 13.4 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Weight: 57 oz (1774g)
Weight: 57 oz (1774g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.122.1
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Description
Marks
Struck under bases with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1730-1), and with maker's mark of Charles Kandler
ProvenanceMade for Littleton Poyntz Meynell (d. 1751). About 1900, Lord Hillingdon. The Hon. Elizabeth Cairns Hindley. October 14, 1954, sold by an anonymous owner at Sotheby's, London, lot 149. June 20, 1988, sold by an anonymous owner at Sotheby's, London, lot 153, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)