George III Sterling Silver Chamber Candleholder with Under-Plate and Snuffer, Viscount Adam Duncan Coat-of-Arms, by William Smith II, London, dated 18

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• Lot Description
  Exceptionally well created sterling silver chamber candle holder with handle with thumb pieced, under-plate and inserted sterling snuffer; shell, acanthus leaf and fluted design; hand engraved coat-of-arms of Viscount Adam Duncan, Admiral, 1st Earl of Camperdown & Baron of Lundie, with motto on the under-plate: "Secundis Dubiisque Rectus" (Upright in Prosperity and Perils) and motto on the bobeche: ""Descepati Suffer" (Learn to Suffer); fully marked on the under-plate, bobeche and snuffer with lion passant, leopard head, king's head, maker's mark for William Smith II, and dated 1807. Overall weight 19.45 toz. Provenance: Life time collection, Ben H. Richman, businessman and philanthropist, Pittsburgh/ Washington, PA, by descent in the family to the current owner.

  Condition

  Very good antique condition, some tarnish polish residues.
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