Country House Collections at Slane Castle October 12
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A FINE SET OF FOUR IRISH EARLY GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
Dublin 1760, mark of Robert Calderwood, the fluted Corinthian columns with open pierced
capitals and reeded detachable sconces, raised on downswept square bases with gadroon
banding, each crested with an engraved crooked arm holding a spear rising from a crown.
28cm tall (4)
Robert Calderwood was one of the celebrated silversmiths of his day working from 1727
to 1766, becoming a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 1727. He was
elected warden in 1733-36 and master in 1737. He also served on the Common Council of
the city of Dublin from 1742
€10,000 - 15,000
