Property from the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, sold to benefit the Museum Acquisition Fund
A Pair of Monumental George III Silver Five-Light Candelabra, Matthew Boulton & Plate Co., Birmingham, 1808
Lot Closed
October 16, 06:48 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
of column form rising from circular bases with lobed borders, engraved with contemporary arms, screw-in tops with swirled reeded branches and campana sconces, detachable nozzles and flame finials, fully marked, the weighted bases stamped with weights 47.16 and 48.18
weight of branches 283 oz 4 dwt
8808.5 g
height 30 in
76.4 cm
Bequest of Arlene Schnitzer
The arms are those of Peter Burrell, co. Carnarvon, and his wife Priscilla, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. In 1781 it was decided that the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain devolved upon her and her sister as co-heirs of their brother, the late Duke of Ancaster. At his death she inherited Grimsthorpe Castle, co. Lincoln, and Gwydir, co. Carnarvon. Peter was created Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain in 1781 and Baron Gwydir of Gwydir, co. Carnarvon in 1796.
A pair of soup tureens by Robert Garrard, London, 1809-10, with the arms of Willoughby and presumably made for Baroness Priscilla, were offered Christie's, London, June 14, 2005, lot 128.
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