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Candlestick
Wakelin, Edward - Enlarge image
Candlestick
- Place of origin:
London, England (made)
- Date:
1757-1758 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Wakelin, Edward (silversmith)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silver cast and chased
- Credit Line:
Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund and The Hugh Phillips Bequest
- Museum number:
M.49-2003
- Gallery location:
Silver, room 65, case 7, shelf 2
The earliest documented English silver candlesticks in the neo-classical style, they were based on a design by architect William Kent, published in 1744 but modified to incorporate bands of Vitruvian scrollwork beneath the nozzles and festoons on the octagonal bases. The maker, Edward Wakelin, joined the goldsmith George Wickes in Panton Street, off the Haymarket in 1747. His firm eventually became Garrards and the archives of this business include a complete record of all the silver which George 6th Earl of Coventry acquired from Edward Wakelin and his successors between 1751 and 1792. These candlesticks are two from a set of four, which on 8th May 1758 cost £134 4s 8d with an additional charge of 4s for engraving the crests.
