Live Auction 21907Bayreuth: A Connoisseur's Collection of English Silver and Gold Boxes
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Lot 136

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, TWO 1743 AND TWO 1746

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, TWO 1743 AND TWO 1746
Each on spreading circular base with foliate rocaille motifs at intervals below a band of flowerheads, the stem formed of panels of concave rocaille decoration enclosed by acanthus scrolls, the spool-form socket with a band of shells, the detachable scalloped circular nozzle chased with a border of rocaille, engraved on base and nozzles with a crest, marked under bases, one socket and on two nozzles
9 in. (23 cm.) high
81 oz. 14 dwt. (2,542 gr.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 October 1991, lot 241.

Specialist note


The design of these candlesticks is heavily influenced by the work of the French goldsmith Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695-1750), who also practiced as a sculptor, painter and architect. His designs for silver were first engraved by François Chéreau (1680-1729) and then Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772) being published individually from 1734 to 1742, and later in a single publication, Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, Paris, 1748. These candlesticks display the sinuous spirally fluted form perfected by Meissonnier, simplified from his design created for the candelabra made for Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of Kingston (1712-1773) in 1734, now in the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, (Inv. 32632).

Candlestick design, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1695-1750. © Maidun Collection / Alamy Stock Photo