Live Auction 20906The Collection of Pierre Durand
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 152

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF JOHN CARTER, LONDON, 1771 (2), 1772 (2)

Closed27 January 2022

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF JOHN CARTER, LONDON, 1771 (2), 1772 (2)
Of Corinthian column form on a square base with swags suspended from Bacchic masks, the bases and removable nozzles crested, marked on sides of bases and nozzles, all numbered and notch numbered, bases weighted
12 3⁄4 in. (32.4 cm.) high

Acquired from S.J. Shrubsole, New York, March 1983.

Specialist note

The crest is that of Gordon of Gordonstoun, presumably for Sir Robert Gordon 5th Bt. (d.1776), of Gordonstoun, who succeeded his father, Sir Robert Gordon 4th Bt. (1696-1772) on the latter's death in 1772.