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Candlestick, one of a pair

Date1729-1730

Marked by Matthew Cooper

OriginEngland, London

MediumSilver (Sterling)

DimensionsOH: 6 1/2"; W. base:approx: 4 1/16".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-167,1

DescriptionStem cast in two parts consisting of a cylindrical socket with heavy moldings at rim, mid-band, and hemispherical lower section with moldings at juncture above a tall inverted baluster section of rectangular plan with canted corners with corners of upper part ribbed and tripartite mid-band around narrow lower part above a flattened knop; banded lower section of stem flaring to fairly narrow circular well with molded edge in center-top of fairly short domed and paneled base of shaped rectangular plan with curved corners and molded edge. Crest of a sunburst enclosed by a partial circular wreath on a wreath bar.
InscribedCrest of Jackson, Cumberland and Oxfordshire, engraved on exterior of each base.
MarkingsMaker's mark "MC" in block letters within a double-lobed reserve, leopard's head crowned, lion passant, and date on underside of base of each.
ProvenanceVendodr: Garrard & Co. Ltd., London