Description

An important set of four George II cast silver table candlesticks
Paul de Lamerie, London 1733-35
the circular base with chased shell and leaf border, the flat with engraved armorials, the stem with floret detail, faceted baluster stem with chased heads in an oval, gadrooned knop with a leaf clasped sconce moulded edge, the undersides with engraved crest, motto, numbered and scratch weights (4)
19.7cm high, 81oz
Heraldry:
The arms are of John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford, K.T. (1707-1767) sometime Ambassador to Russia and Vienna, and was twice married. The crests (within the insignia of the Order of the Thistle, conferred 1742) to the underside are of Sir John Carmichael-Gibson, Bart. of Skirling, Co. Peebles
Provenance:
Sotheby’s New York, 21st October 1998, ex collection Francis E. Fowler III, lot 91
Sotheby’s London, 4th December 1969, lot 246 (£5,000)
Christie’s London, 5th March 1919, lot 111, property of Montague G. Thorold
Literature:
Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby’s Dictionary of Silver, item 704, p.174

Footnote

The arms are of John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford, K.T. (1707-1767) sometime Ambassador to Russia and Vienna, and was twice married. The crests (within the insignia of the Order of the Thistle, conferred 1742) to the underside are of Sir John Carmichael - Gibson, Bart. of Skirling, Co. Peebles

Provenance:
Christie's London, 5th March 1919, lot 111, property of Montague G. Thorold
Sotheby's London, 4th December 1969, lot 246 (£5,000)
Sotheby's New York, 21st October 1998, ex collection Francis E. Fowler III, lot 91

Literature:
Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Dictionary of Silver, item 704, p.174

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