Candelabra branch
Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard (fl.1808- 1829)
Category
Silver
Date
1818 - 1819
Materials
silver-gilt, silver
Measurements
28.3 cm (Length); 813 g (Weight)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516439.3
Summary
A branch for a massive centrepiece, silver-gilt (sterling), mark of Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, London, 1818/19. The cast branch bifurcates to form two reeded and leaf capped cornucopia-shaped branches each with a suspended openwork floral scroll. The drip pans are cast as six everted acanthus leaves which are soldered to the top of the branches. The sconces, formed as classical urns with a gadrooned lower half, screw to the drip pans, and have detachable nozzles each with a cast border of water leaves. The branch’s plug it stamped with one dot, corresponding to the stamped number ‘1’ on the stand. The sconces and nozzles are stamped with locating numbers ‘1’ or ‘2’. Heraldry: None
Full description
See Master Object entry for further information
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On the branch: Hallmarks: none found On the foot of the sconces: Hallmarks: monarch’s head (duty mark), and lion passant (sterling) On the nozzles: Hallmarks: monarch’s head, lion passant, ‘c’ (1818/9), and ‘RE’ over ‘EB’ (Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard*) *Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, London, 1990, p 166, no 2309 On the branch's plug: Punched locating number: one dot On the rim of the two sconces and nozzles : Punched locating number: ‘1’ or ‘2’ On the branch’s plug, on sconce 2 and inside both nozzles : Old NT Inventory Number: AA/S/48 On the branch’s plug: Current NT Inventory Number: NT516439.3 On nozzles 1 and 2: Current NT Inventory Number: NT516439.6 and NT515439.7
Makers and roles
Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard (fl.1808- 1829), goldsmith