Not on display

Candlestick

1741-1742 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candlestick, one of a set of four, silver, circular foot, cast, turned and chased with a border frieze of large and small alternating acanthus leaves on a matted ground, rising to two plain ribs surrounding a plain sunken well. This rises to a reeded baluster bound with fillets, just below the join of the two cast vertical sections making up the stems and nozzles. The stem is of tapering cylindrical form lightly fluted, rising to s straight gadrooned shoulder, a frieze of concave indentations below. The nozzles stands on a narrow collar, the lower part decorated en suite with the border of the foot, plain above with a moulded rim. The well within each foot is engraved on the one side with a crest consisting of s mural crown, a talbot's head within facing left, and on the other side the Bridge crest, added about 1810. The greasepans have beaded edges and also bear the Bridge crest.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver, cast, chased and engraved.
Brief description
Candlestick, silver, (one of set of four), London hallmarks for 1741-42, mark of David Willaume.
Physical description
Candlestick, one of a set of four, silver, circular foot, cast, turned and chased with a border frieze of large and small alternating acanthus leaves on a matted ground, rising to two plain ribs surrounding a plain sunken well. This rises to a reeded baluster bound with fillets, just below the join of the two cast vertical sections making up the stems and nozzles. The stem is of tapering cylindrical form lightly fluted, rising to s straight gadrooned shoulder, a frieze of concave indentations below. The nozzles stands on a narrow collar, the lower part decorated en suite with the border of the foot, plain above with a moulded rim. The well within each foot is engraved on the one side with a crest consisting of s mural crown, a talbot's head within facing left, and on the other side the Bridge crest, added about 1810. The greasepans have beaded edges and also bear the Bridge crest.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.3cm
  • Width: 11.6cm
  • M.26 a 1974 weight: 478.6g
  • M.26 a 1974 weight: 15.38troy
  • M.26 b 1974 weight: 522g
  • M.26 b 1974 weight: 16.78troy
Style
Production typesmall batch
Marks and inscriptions
  • David Willaume, Jr. - marks struck on the inside of the feet. The drip pans are undated but are post 1785.

  • London hallmarks for 1741-42

  • Engraved crests, on one side, a mural crown, a talbots head within, facing left.

    Note
    Unidentified

  • Engraved crest of Bridge

Gallery label
(1974)
SET OF FOUR TABLE CANDLESTICKS
Silver
London: hallmarks for 1741-2
Maker's mark of David Willaume
Cast and chased in the Louis XIV style, reflecting the conservative baroque taste of William Kent and his patrons.
Given by the Misses V.J.S. & B.M.H. Browne

M.26-C-1974.
Credit line
Given by the Misses V.J.S. and B.M.F. Browne
Object history
Gift - The Misses VJS & BMF Browne
Aldersyde, 4 Glebe Way
Acquisition RF: 74 / 2154
Production
The shapes and detail of this set are based on late Baroque models, probably of the late Louis XIV period, reflecting rather conservative tastes.
Collection
Accession number
M.26A-1974

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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