Edward Gibson
A Fine Pair of William & Mary Antique English Silver Candlesticks, 1693
Height: 6"
Weight: 26 oz.
Weight: 26 oz.
London
H0468
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Each on stepped cut corner base, the knopped stem with bands of gadrooning throughout, the shoulder knop applied with lion masks, engraved in the well with a coat of arms...
Each on stepped cut corner base, the knopped stem with bands of gadrooning throughout, the shoulder knop applied with lion masks, engraved in the well with a coat of arms within a scrolling architectural cartouche on one side and a later crest on the other.
The arms are those of Dormer.
no luck on the crest
Literature:
Christopher Hartop, "The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 1680-1760", pp. 370-371 (illustrated)
p. 574. erm on a chief indented gu three estoiles arg: ESCOURTE, ESTORLLS.
erm on a chief dancetty gu three estoiles or: EASTCOURT, W. The chief indented. BASSETT, co. Gloucester. ESCOURTE. ESTCOURT, Estcourt, co. Gloucester. ESTCOURT, Newton, co. Wilts; and co. Gloucester, 1623.
The arms are those of Dormer.
no luck on the crest
Literature:
Christopher Hartop, "The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 1680-1760", pp. 370-371 (illustrated)
p. 574. erm on a chief indented gu three estoiles arg: ESCOURTE, ESTORLLS.
erm on a chief dancetty gu three estoiles or: EASTCOURT, W. The chief indented. BASSETT, co. Gloucester. ESCOURTE. ESTCOURT, Estcourt, co. Gloucester. ESTCOURT, Newton, co. Wilts; and co. Gloucester, 1623.