AN IMPORTANT SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS FROM THE EARL OF MOUNTRATH SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE LONDON, 1740
AN IMPORTANT SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS FROM THE EARL OF MOUNTRATH SERVICE MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE LONDON, 1740 Each on shaped square base, cast and chased with shell and above with festoons of flowers on matted ground, the domed centre with ovals, flowers and Rococo ornament, with shell knop above, the baluster stem of square section with further shells at the shoulders and floral panels below, with floral sockets chased above with shallow fluted and matting, with detachable shell and foliage nozzles, engraved with a crest below an earl's coronet, each marked under base 9 in. (22.9 cm.) 103 oz. (3,199 gr.) The crest and coronet are those of Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath and Bradford (1689-1744), who married Diana Newport, daughter of Richard, 2nd Earl of Bradford in 1721. (4)
AN IMPORTANT SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS FROM THE EARL OF MOUNTRATH SERVICE
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE LONDON, 1740
AN IMPORTANT SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS FROM THE EARL OF MOUNTRATH SERVICE MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE LONDON, 1740 Each on shaped square base, cast and chased with shell and above with festoons of flowers on matted ground, the domed centre with ovals, flowers and Rococo ornament, with shell knop above, the baluster stem of square section with further shells at the shoulders and floral panels below, with floral sockets chased above with shallow fluted and matting, with detachable shell and foliage nozzles, engraved with a crest below an earl's coronet, each marked under base 9 in. (22.9 cm.) 103 oz. (3,199 gr.) The crest and coronet are those of Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath and Bradford (1689-1744), who married Diana Newport, daughter of Richard, 2nd Earl of Bradford in 1721. (4)
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