Candelabra
Paul de Lamerie (1688 - London 1751)
Category
Silver
Date
1757
Materials
Silver candelabra.
Measurements
376 x 390 x 188 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516495.1.1
Summary
Pair of silver 2-light candelabra, each on scrolling triangular base chased with flowers and foliage and spirally fluted baluster stem with flowers at shoulders and floral vase-shaped sockets with detachable nozzles (?nozzles missing). Top of stem engraved with coat-of-arms, as on branches. George II by Paul de Lameire 1748. Each with 2 foliage branches with central flower finials with vase-shaped sockets and wax pans with pierced flower and shell borders engraved with coat-of-arms, possibly Daniel Piers 1757. Hallmarked.
Provenance
David Black & Sons of 1 Burlington Gardens, London W1, sold the candelabra to Lord Fairhaven on 17 August 1948 for £350, Invoice 1267 (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents National Trust
Makers and roles
Paul de Lamerie (1688 - London 1751) , goldsmith Daniel Piers (fl.1746-1753), goldsmith