Live Auction 15492The Collector: Silver & 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture & Works of Art
A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 528

A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF JOHN LAUGHTON, LONDON, 1702

Closed14 November 2018

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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JOHN LAUGHTON, LONDON, 1702
Each on octagonal gadrooned base, the baluster knopped stem applied with four lion's masks, engraved with a crest, marked underneath and on one socket
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) high
gross weight 28 oz. 14 dwt. (894 gr.)

Possibly Lionel W. Clarke, Sydenhams, Bisley, Gloucestershire.
A Gentleman [Lionel W. Clarke]; Christie's, London, 29 July 1931, lot 155.

Specialist note

John Laughton, who was the son of another John Laughton, become free of the Grocers' Company as his father had before him. He is recorded as working on Maiden Lane from 1694, though his first mark appears to have been entered as a largeworker in the first half of 1699. He seems to have specialised in making candlesticks of this form with several examples known.