Not currently on display at the V&A

Candlestick

1720-1721 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candlestick (one of a pair), silver, circular socket, octagonal baluster stem on an octagonal base with a circular central depression. Engraved crest.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, cast and engraved
Brief description
Candlestick, (one of a pair), silver, London hallmarks for 1720-21, mark of David Tanqueray.
Physical description
Candlestick (one of a pair), silver, circular socket, octagonal baluster stem on an octagonal base with a circular central depression. Engraved crest.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
  • Length: 10.75cm
  • Weight: 512.1g
Marks and inscriptions
  • D T in a lobed shield with a large multi lobed flower head above and below a smaller mullet (Grimwade 1990 No. 509) for David Tanqueray.
  • London hallmarks for 1720-21.
  • Engraved with the insignia of the Order of the Bath surrounding the crest of John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Major Thomas Sutton Timmis
Object history
Bequest - Thomas Sutton Timmis
Acquisition RF: Thomas Sutton Timmis
Subjects depicted
Associated object
M.66A-1933 (Pair)
Bibliographic reference
Hernmarck , The Art of the European Silversmith, pl. 745 V&A Catalogue, 1965, Pl. 121
Collection
Accession number
M.66A-1933

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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