A SET OF FOUR EARLY GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS, JOHN ROMER, LONDON, 1763
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October 20, 02:47 PM GMT
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A SET OF FOUR EARLY GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS, JOHN ROMER, LONDON, 1763
each on a shaped triangular base with shells and rocaille, rising to a knopped stem with conforming decoration and surmounted by an urn-form socket with detachable vine-leaf-shaped nozzles, the base and the waxpan engraved with a crest and Baron's coronet
marked under bases, sconces, and nozzles, numbered and with scratch weights
139 oz 10 dwt
4352 g
height 11½in.
29.2 cm
Van Cliburn Collection, Fort Worth, Texas, sold
Christie's, New York, May 17, 2012, lot 70
The crest is that of the Barons Crewe, almost certainly for John, 1st Baron Crewe (1742-1829), of Crewe Hall, Cheshire. A Whig politician serving in Parliament for 46 years, he was created Baron at the time of Charles Fox's return to Parliament in 1806. He married Frances Anne, only daughter of Fulke Greville, in 1746. One of the most beautiful women in England, she was renowned for lavish entertainments both at Crewe Hall and her Hampstead villa, at which she hosted the most famous political and artistic figures of her time.