A pair of George II silver candlesticks, Peter Archambo, London, 1744

in high rococo style, heavily cast with ruffled shells, scrolls and flowers, the bases and nozzles engraved with monogram MM, crest and motto, the base with another crest

George Parker, “Lighting and Dining in the Eighteenth Century: Silver Pewter, Brass and Bronze,” Wisconsin Academy Review, 43: 3 (Summer 1997), 15.

a few minor dings, overall good, crisp condition
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One crest and  motto is that of Montgomery of Broomlands, Co  Ayr.

A matching pair of the same year  with the same crest  but  of smaller size was sold Sotheby’s, London, January  26 1967 lot 157,

Illustrated in The Sotheby’s Directory of Silver p. 190, no. 798