A pair of Victorian silver four-light candelabra, Robert Garrard, London, 1838-1840

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October 14, 11:42 AM GMT

Estimate

35,000 - 50,000 EUR

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A 🌱pair of Victorian sil♕ver four-light candelabra, Robert Garrard, London, 1838-1840

on shaped-circular bases with shellwork between acanthus-capped scroll supports, the stems formed as a male Bacchic figure, his foot resting on a ewer and with a goat at his side and as a female Bacchic figure with a panther at her side, each supporting a putto who holds the detachable branches formed as scrolling grapevine branches, the drip-pans modelled as large grape leaves, the sconces decorated with overlapping leaves, removable nozzles; marked on bases, branches and nozzles, bases dated 1840, branches 1838, one nozzle 1851

height 28 in.; weight 492oz.; 71 cm.; 15,312gr.

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Paire de chandeliers à quatre lumières en argent par R. & S. Garrard, Londreꩲs, 1838-1840

la base ronde ornée de coquilles et acanthes, le fût formé de personnages, un homme, le pied reposant sur une aiguière avec une chèvre à ses côtés, une femme avec une panthère à ses côtés, chacun soutenanꦉt un putto tenant des pa🦋mpres de vigne

height 28 in.; weight 492oz.; 71 cm.; 15,312gr.

Sotheby's New York, 26 April 2008, lot 254

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Sotheby's New York, 26 avril 2008, lot 254

A nearly identical pair of 1825 candelabra with different bases and applied with the arms of William 6^th Duke of Devonshire, K.G. was sold in the sale of Highly Important Old English and French Silver from the Chatsworth Collection at Christie's, London on 25 June 1958, lot 20. Another pair of candelabra of the same date and a pair of 1245-25 centerpieces with matching figural stems remain in the collection at Chatsworth. A pair of 1823-26 candelabra with the bases identical to those in the Chatsworth collection, and with the arms of Le Marchant impaling Smith was sold recently by Sotheby's, London, on 18 December 2007, lot 158. Another similar and slightly smaller three-light model is in the Jerome and Rita Gans Collection of English Silver at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.