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Candlestick

Marked by: Thomas Merry I (English, active 1701–about 1724)
English (London)
1712–13
Medium/Technique Silver (Britannia standard)
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 x 4 in.)
Weight: 22oz 18 dwt (712g)
Credit Line Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.119.1
ON VIEW
Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries (Gallery 241A)
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Marks Struck under base with hallmarks (lion's head erased, Britannia, date letter for 1712-3), and with maker's mark of Thomas Merry I
ProvenanceMade for William Chaloner (d. 1715). December 14, 1988, sold by a "lady" at Christie's, London, lot 245, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)