Live Auction 16270The Collector: English and European 18th and 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 18 Property from the Collection of Robert and Ellen Gutenstein

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809

Closed23 October 2018

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809
Shaped circular, gadrooned rim with double-shells flanked by acanthus at intervals, well, conforming nozzle and snuffer engraved with two crests, marked to undersides of stands, nozzles and snuffers
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, over handle
39 oz. 16 dwt. (1,238 gr.)

Property of a Gentleman, Christie’s, London, 15 December 1953, lot 154 (to Clarke) With Koopman Rare art, London.

Specialist note

The crests are those of Beaumont with a cadency mark of a crescent for the second son and Wentworth, almost certainly for William Beaumont (1794-1872) Colonel Richard Beaumont (1758-1825), of Bretton Hall, co. York and his wife Diana (d. 1831), natural daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Wentworth 5th and last Bt.