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Pair of candlesticks

Sebastian and James (I) Crespell

Robert Adam (Scottish, 1728–1792)

Samuel Whitford II (English, active 1800–around 1820, died before 1856)

1769–70

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueMetal; silver

Dimensions35 x 16 x 15 cm (13 3/4 x 6 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Weight: 1,374.9 gm (44 oz 4 dwt)

Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Gift of Mrs. Irving K. Hall, Bequest of George Nixon Black, Estate of Mrs William Dorr Boardman, Gift of Mary W. Bartol, John W. Bartol, and Abigail W. Clark, Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman, Anonymous Gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Miss Grace W. Treadwell, Gift of Miss M. H. Jewell, Gift in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Gift of Hollis French, Gift of Mrs. D. Wilmarth Cressey, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Greene, Bequest of Amelia Peabody, by exchange, and Gift of Mrs. Stuart C. Welch

Accession number1993.943.1-2

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ClassificationsSilver

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsARMORIALS: on each pan and central waxpan, crest of Sir Richard Phillips, seventh baronet of Pitcon Castle, co. Pembroke (d. 1823), created baron Milford 1776. INSCRIPTION: engraved on corner of each, monogram RMP with crest in center; scratched underside of each base No 1 42'' 11; no 2 40'' 19ProvenanceBy descent to Sir John Phillips, purchased by Thomas Lumley, Ltd., London, 1945; with Thomas Lumley, Ltd., London, 1982; sold Christie's, London, May 13, 1992, lot 152, purchased by Firestone & Parson, Boston, purchased January 26, 1994, Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, Gift of Mrs. Irving K. Hall, Bequest of George Nixon Black, Estate of Mrs. William Dorr Boardman through Gift of Mrs. Bernard C. Weld, Gift of Mary W. Bartol, John W. Bartol, and Abigail W. Clark, Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman, Anonymous Gift to the MFA in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour (1833-1914).