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Candlestick
Marked by: Thomas Merry I (English, active 1701–about 1724)
English (London)
1712–13
Medium/Technique
Silver (Britannia standard)
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 x 4 in.)
Weight: 22oz 18 dwt (712g)
Weight: 22oz 18 dwt (712g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.119.2
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks
Struck under base with hallmarks (lion's head erased, Britannia, date letter for 1712-3), and with maker's mark of Thomas Merry I
ProvenanceMade for William Chaloner (d. 1715). December 14, 1988, sold by a "lady" at Christie's, London, lot 245, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)