Candelabra
John Parker
Category
Silver
Date
1773 - 1774
Materials
Silver
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936006
Summary
Two two-light candelabra by Parker and Wakelin, 1773/1774, engraved with the Stamford crest. 'The stepped and circular feet are apparently cast and chased with a band of laurel and fluting rising to a central dome. The stems are cast and chased, have a lower annular knop, stiff leaves and fluting on the shaft, and separately cast and applied festoons of laurel. The vase-shaped sockets have a lobed calyx each and an upper band of laurel. The cast double scrolled branches centre on a vase with flame finial, have double scrolled leafy stems supporting cast drip pans and sockets with stiff leaves. The different elements of the branches, once separate, have been soldered together' (Lomax and Rothwell, 'Country House Silver from Dunham Massey', 2006, pp. 146).
Provenance
Previously on loan to the National Trust by the Rt Hon. Lord Deramore and became the property of the National Trust on his death in 2006.
Makers and roles
John Parker, silversmith Edward Wakelin (fl.1730 - 1766), silversmith