Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume IV : Les Arts de la table

A set of four George IV silver candlesticks, Hyam Hyams, London, 1827

Auction Closed

October 14, 11:42 AM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

Lot Details

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A set of four George IV silver candlesticks, Hyam Hyams, London, 1827

after a French boxwood model, on octagonal bases with rocaille borders, the wells decorated with birds and flowers and engraved with contemporary crest beneath an earl's coronet, rising to knopped stems chased with shells and leaf-tips, the cylindrical sconces with flowerheads, conforming removable octagonal nozzles

6 1⁄8in, 57.1oz ; 15.5 cm, 1.62 kg

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Ensemble de quatre flambeaux en argent par Hyam Hyams, Londres, 1827

d'après un modèle français en buis, sur des bases octogonales avec des bordures rocaille, décorés d'oiseaux et de fleurs, des tiges à pommeaux ciselés de coquilles et de feuilles, les appliques cylindriques ornées de fleurs, gravés d'armoiries timbrées d'une couronne de comte, avec leurs bobèches octogonales

6 1⁄8in, 57.1oz ; 15.5 cm, 1.62 kg

Sotheby's New York, 15 April 2010, lot 244

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Sotheby's New York, 15 avril 2010, lot 244

The earliest recorded silver candlesticks of this pattern are those bearing the mark of Paul Storr, London, 1800, which were supplied to the connoisseur and bibliophile, William Beckford (1760-1844) by the watch and clockmakers, Vuillamy & Son. The description of the sticks in one of the latter’s shop books reads: ‘extremly [sic] high finished in every part and chased almost all over with rich arabesque ornaments.’ (National Archives, Kew, C 104/57) Beckford himself credited the original design to Holbein, although it is generally thought that the originals were of carved boxwood, dating from the 17th century.