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Candlestick
Marked by: Paul Crespin (1694–1770)
English (London)
George II
1727–28
Object Place: London
Medium/Technique
Sterling silver
Dimensions
Overall (H x Diameter of Bases): 23 x 13 cm (9 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Weight: 104 oz 15 dwt (3263 g)
Weight: 104 oz 15 dwt (3263 g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.32.3
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionOne of a set of four (with 2001.32.1-2, and .4)
Marks
Struck under bases with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1727-8) and with maker's mark of Paul Crespin; the nozzles struck on flanges with lion passant, duty mark, date letter and maker's mark. With later removable circular nozzles with ovolo borders, strick with hallmarks for London, one 1825-6, two 1826-7, one with unclear date letter, all with maker's mark of Robert Garrard II (Grimwade, no. 2322)
ProvenanceMade for Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773). July 26, 1945, sold by anonymous owner at Sotheby's, London, lot 72. Asprey, London; By 1996, most probably sold by Asprey to Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)