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A set of seven large Sicilian silver candlesticks, maker's mark GS, Palermo, 1737
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A set of seven large Sicilian silver candlesticks
maker's mark GS, Palermo, 1737
the triangular bases with scrolls and foliate decoration, engraved on one side with the arms of the Cottone family, St Catherine and a town's coat of arms, the stems with baroque decoration,
height 39cm., 15 1/4in.
Provenance
Gifted by the family of Giuseppe Gaetano Cottone (1703-1757) to the Church of Santa Caterina, Palermo, on the occasion of his marriage to Isabella Tarallo in 1737,
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868-1947),
gifted to the Nation in 1921,
at Chequers, Bucks, until 2023
Literature
A Catalogue of the Principal Works of Art at Chequers,with an Introduction by Viscount Lee of Fareham, London, 1923, p. 52, no. 285 (catalogued as Portuguese)
maker's mark GS, Palermo, 1737
the triangular bases with scrolls and foliate decoration, engraved on one side with the arms of the Cottone family, St Catherine and a town's coat of arms, the stems with baroque decoration,
height 39cm., 15 1/4in.
Provenance
Gifted by the family of Giuseppe Gaetano Cottone (1703-1757) to the Church of Santa Caterina, Palermo, on the occasion of his marriage to Isabella Tarallo in 1737,
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868-1947),
gifted to the Nation in 1921,
at Chequers, Bucks, until 2023
Literature
A Catalogue of the Principal Works of Art at Chequers,with an Introduction by Viscount Lee of Fareham, London, 1923, p. 52, no. 285 (catalogued as Portuguese)
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A set of seven large Sicilian silver candlesticks
maker's mark GS, Palermo, 1737
the triangular bases with scrolls and foliate decoration, engraved on one side with the arms of the Cottone family, St Catherine and a town's coat of arms, the stems with baroque decoration,
height 39cm., 15 1/4in.
Provenance
Gifted by the family of Giuseppe Gaetano Cottone (1703-1757) to the Church of Santa Caterina, Palermo, on the occasion of his marriage to Isabella Tarallo in 1737,
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868-1947),
gifted to the Nation in 1921,
at Chequers, Bucks, until 2023
Literature
A Catalogue of the Principal Works of Art at Chequers,with an Introduction by Viscount Lee of Fareham, London, 1923, p. 52, no. 285 (catalogued as Portuguese)
maker's mark GS, Palermo, 1737
the triangular bases with scrolls and foliate decoration, engraved on one side with the arms of the Cottone family, St Catherine and a town's coat of arms, the stems with baroque decoration,
height 39cm., 15 1/4in.
Provenance
Gifted by the family of Giuseppe Gaetano Cottone (1703-1757) to the Church of Santa Caterina, Palermo, on the occasion of his marriage to Isabella Tarallo in 1737,
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868-1947),
gifted to the Nation in 1921,
at Chequers, Bucks, until 2023
Literature
A Catalogue of the Principal Works of Art at Chequers,with an Introduction by Viscount Lee of Fareham, London, 1923, p. 52, no. 285 (catalogued as Portuguese)
Classic Design: Furniture, Clocks, Silver & Ceramics
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