A set of four three-light silver candelabra from the Painted Hall at Greenwich


by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1938 In the Art Deco style, the two scroll branches leading to the stem with central light, the detachable nozzles made for electricity, on stepped bases, engraved with the crowned monogram of George VI, height 48.5cm, weight 369oz. (4)
|The following sixteen lots come from the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Originally built in 1692 to provide accommodation for retired sailors, the complex of buildings at Greenwich, of which the Painted Hall is part, became the Royal Naval College for Officers of the Royal Navy in 1869. The Painted Hall, designed by Christopher Wren with murals and ceiling paintings by James Thornhill, served as home to the National Gallery of Naval Art until 1936 when it was extensively restored as a dining room for the Naval College.The Hall opened in its new guise in 1939, and the candelabra were commissioned to order. All the candelabra are engraved on the underside with the monogram of George VI who, as reigning monarch, was the Admiral of the Fleet from 1936-1952. After the Royal Navy departed in 1998 the buildings were opened to the public as the Old Royal Naval College.