A WILLIAM IV SILVER CANDELABRUM CENTREPIECE, 'MARK OF EDWARD, EDWARD, JOHN AND WILLIAM BARNARD, LONDON, 1834, THE THREE SEATED FIGURES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM KER REID'.

A WILLIAM IV SILVER CANDELABRUM CENTREPIECE
'MARK OF EDWARD, EDWARD, JOHN AND WILLIAM BARNARD, LONDON, 1834, THE THREE SEATED FIGURES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM KER REID'.
The tricorn base on three openwork foliage-cast feet, the corners applied with military trophies and the sides engraved with an inscription and two coats-of-arms, applied with three cast figures emblematic of the arts, music and science, flanking the tapering stem and with three detachable foliage-cast branches, each terminating in a foliage-cast socket and with conforming wax-pan and nozzle, with a central support for the cut glass bowl, marked under base, on stem, figures, trophies, branches, support for bowl, sockets and nozzles
23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) high
174 oz. (5,411 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Presented by The Honorable The House of Assembly Jamaica to Commodore Arthur Farquhar and Second in Command in the West Indies in Testimony of the high sense entertained of his services during the late disturbances 1832'.

The arms are those of Jamaica and Farquhar with an honourable augmentation representing the city of Glückstadt within the motto of the Royal Guelphic Order and orders beneath, for Commodore (later rear Admiral) Sir Arthur Farquhar K.C.H. (1772-1843).

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Provenance
Presented to Commodore Sir Arthur Farquhar K.C.H. (1772-1843) by the Jamaican House of Assembly and then bequeathed to his son
Lieutenant Arthur Farquhar, later Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar (1815-1908).

Saleroom Notice
Please note the second line of the description should read 'MARK OF EDWARD, EDWARD, JOHN AND WILLIAM BARNARD, LONDON, 1834, THE THREE SEATED FIGURES WITH MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM KER REID'.