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In the manner of Paul de Lamerie, each on square base with incurved corners cast with stylised shells and water trophies and engraved with trelliswork, the baluster stems with overlapping scales and shells, the vase shaped sockets with alternating palm leaves and laurel festoons, the branches with central Régence style facetted baluster finial and four scroll arms, each with waxpan and socket, marked on bases and branch bezels
total height 1818 in. (46 cm.)
286 oz. 3 dwt. (8,901 gr.)
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This model was produced by Paul de Lamerie between 1731 and 1749 and is illustrated in E. Alcorn, Beyond the Maker's Mark, Paul de Lamerie Silver in the Cahn Collection, Cambridge, 2006, p. 83. The form combines elements of the French Régence, after the designs Jean Bérain (1637-1711), with Rococo forms.

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