A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS

MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD II, LONDON, 1856

Details

A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS
Maker's mark of Robert Garrard II, London, 1856
In the Queen Anne style, each of circular form with molded rim, the central spool-form socket with circular removable nozzles, the flat handle with bifurcating joins, the handle and nozzles engraved with a Duke's coronet above a crest, marked under bases and on nozzles
8¼in. (21cm.) diameter over handle; 44oz. (1377gr.) (4)

Provenance

His Grace The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, Sotheby's, London, July 14, 1988, lot 145 (part)

Lot Essay

The crest and coronet are those of the Dukes of Hamilton, as borne by William Alexander, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863), who succeeded his father, the 10th Duke, in 1852. He married, in 1843, Princess Marie Amelie, youngest daughter of the Grand Duke of Baden. According to the Days of the Dandies, he, "having inherited in some measure his father's grandeeship of manner," was the Duke of whom Lord Brougham wrote as "Very Duke of Very Duke." He died in Paris from "a fall after supper" on July 15, 1863 (Complete Peerage).