John Wakelin & William Taylor
A Pair of George III Late Eighteenth Century Neoclassical Candlesticks
John Wakelin & William Taylor
A Pair of George III Late Eighteenth Century Neoclassical Candlesticks
London, 1789
Maker’s mark of John Wakelin & William Taylor
Bearing the crest and coat-of -arms of the Barlow family
Height: 29 cm, 11.4 in
Weight: 1,270 g, 40 oz 16 dwt
The candlesticks on plain reeded bases with fluting to the wells. The collet engraved with the Barlow coat-of-arms. The tapered stems and capitals also fluted and the drip pans with reeded edges and engraved with the family crest.
Taylor, William (1764) Son of William Tayler Citizen and Leatherseller of London, apprenticed to John Eaton 6 February 1765 and turned over the same day to his father. Free, I April 1772. First mark entered as
plateworker, in partnership with John Wakelin, 25 September 1776. Address:
Panton Street. Second mark, 9 May 1777. Heal records them as John Wakelin and William Taylor (successors to Parker and Wakelin), goldsmiths, Panton Street, 1776– 96. The latter spelling of the surname is normally now used but both the clerk's entry and signature are spelt Tayler. This partnership constituted the fourth link in the connection between George Wickes and
Robert Garrard. Taylor died 29 July 1792: 'At Stockwell Surrey after a lingering illness Mr Wm. Taylor goldsmith of Panton Street'
(The Gentleman's Magazine, p. 575 and European Magazine, p. 480).
You May Also Like
The Madame Mère Inkstand
Jean-Baptiste Claude Odiot
A George III Pagoda-Form Epergne
Thomas Pitts
A Queen Anne Jewellery Casket
Anthony Nelme
An 18th Century Jewelled Two-Coloured Gold and Enamel Snuff Box