Live Auction 21907Bayreuth: A Connoisseur's Collection of English Silver and Gold Boxes
A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 175

A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM III SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME I, LONDON, 1700

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A SET OF FOUR WILLIAM III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME I, LONDON, 1700
Each on spreading circular base chased around the border with a band of stylised foliage and with sunken wells, the fluted tapering cylindrical stems chased at the shoulder with gadroons, with vase-shaped sockets, engraved with a crest and earl’s coronet, marked on foot-rims and on three sockets, two with scratchweights, 14*10 and 13*15
6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) high
51 oz. 19 dwt. (1,616 gr.)

General Sir Eric Carden Robert Mansergh, G.C.B., K.B.E., M.C. (1900-1970),
General Sir Robert Mansergh G.C.B., K.B.E., M.C.; Christie's, London, 10 July 1957, lot 172.
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 25 June 1980, lot 57.

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DAVID WILLAUME
Arthur Grimwade states 'There can be no doubt, on evidence of his surviving work, that Willaume enjoyed the patronage of the wealthiest clients in England from the latter part of the reign of William III to the end of George I's reign' (London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, London, 1982, p. 704). David Willaume I (1658-1741) was born in Metz, France to goldsmith Adam Willaume, from whom he likely learned his trade. Willaume is recorded as being in London by 1687, with his first mark as a largeworker entered in 1697. His work continued until about 1728 at which point he was succeeded by his son David Willaume II.