A pair of George II silver-gilt candelabra Mark of Paul de Lamerie London, 1736 Each of baluster form, on shaped square base with incurved angles, cast and chased with cartouches, shells, cherubs' masks and scrolls on a textured ground, the slightly flaring stem chased with fishscales and shells with shell angles, the urn-shaped socket with a border of scrolls and foliage, the detachable three-light branches each of scrolling foliate form, each branch terminating in a caryatid, with detachable vase-shaped sockets chased with cartouches and grotesque masks, the shaped circular detachable drip-pans and nozzles formed as flowers with textured petals, the bases each engraved with two crests, marked on bases, branches, and four drip-pans 14 5/8in. (37cm.) high 169oz. (5,256gr.) The crests are those of Lyne and Stephens for Charles Lyne Stephens Esq., (1764-1851). He assumed the additional name and arms of Stephens by Royal Licence in 1826 'in grateful and affectionate regard for the memory of his kinsman the late John James Stephens of Lisbon in Portugal from whom he derived considerable property.' Charles Lyne Stephens was the son of the Rev. John Lyne of Liskeard, co. Cornwall. He married Wilhemina Augusta Tomkin of Lisbon in 1797. (2)
A pair of George II silver-gilt candelabra Mark of Paul de Lamerie London, 1736 Each of baluster form, on shaped square base with incurved angles, cast and chased with cartouches, shells, cherubs' masks and scrolls on a textured ground, the slightly flaring stem chased with fishscales and shells with shell angles, the urn-shaped socket with a border of scrolls and foliage, the detachable three-light branches each of scrolling foliate form, each branch terminating in a caryatid, with detachable vase-shaped sockets chased with cartouches and grotesque masks, the shaped circular detachable drip-pans and nozzles formed as flowers with textured petals, the bases each engraved with two crests, marked on bases, branches, and four drip-pans 14 5/8in. (37cm.) high 169oz. (5,256gr.) The crests are those of Lyne and Stephens for Charles Lyne Stephens Esq., (1764-1851). He assumed the additional name and arms of Stephens by Royal Licence in 1826 'in grateful and affectionate regard for the memory of his kinsman the late John James Stephens of Lisbon in Portugal from whom he derived considerable property.' Charles Lyne Stephens was the son of the Rev. John Lyne of Liskeard, co. Cornwall. He married Wilhemina Augusta Tomkin of Lisbon in 1797. (2)
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