Figural Candlestick with Two-light Branches (Primary Title)

Paul de Lamerie, English, 1688 - 1751 (Marked by)

1748–49; drip pans: 1729–39
English
Decorative Arts
Lighting Devices
Metalwork
silver
Overall: 17 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (43.82 × 36.2 cm)
Width is from the widest point on the base.
97.91.1a-c
Pair with "Figural Candlestick with Two-light Branches" (97.91.2a-c)
Fully marked under bases
Engraved with the arms of Jenkinson on female caryatid stem, probably for Charles Jenkinson (1693-1750) of Buford Lawn Lodge, Whichwood, Oxfordshire
Jerome and Rita Gans Collection of English Silver
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