William III Antique Silver Candlesticks
£10,750
Stock: 10433
Date: 1695
Maker: John Laughton
Country: England
A superb pair of early English desk candlesticks with square bases and lobed, gadroon decoration. The applied lion masks are...
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Condition
Both sticks are in very good condition with a small amount of wear compatible with age. Excellent patina. Minor scratches visible and a small amount of pitting remaining from the casting process.
Maker Information
Maker: John Laughton
The first mention of the Laughton family of silversmiths is a reference to Benjamin Page, free of the Grocers Company in 1660 after service to John Laughton (senior). His son John Laughton I became free of the Grocers' Company by patrimony. He is recorded as working on Maiden Lane from 1694 however his first mark was likely to have been the Sterling mark, “IL crowned” dated 1678, recorded in Jackson’s “Silver and Gold Marks” Ian Pickford edition page 135. His New Standard mark undated was presumably entered in 1697 on commencement of the new register. John seems to have specialised in making superb quality cast candlesticks of a particular style and technique associated with Huguenot workers during this period. His wife Ann entered her widow’s mark in 1701. John Laughton II, son of John Laughton I and brother of Edward, free of the Grocer’s Company by patrimony. Mark entered as largeworker in 1699. Died in 1703 and his wife Mary, no record of apprenticeship or freedom, entered her own mark in 1704. Edward Laughton, son of John Laughton I and brother of John Laughton II, free of the Grocer’s Company by patrimony 1675. His first recorded mark undated was presumably entered in 1697 on commencement of the new register. Possible other family members mentioned by Grimwade are Charles Laughton I and Charles Laughton II, both free by patrimony of the Grocer’s Company 1685 and c.1738.
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