Lot Essay
Eight identical silver-gilt candlesticks of 1807/8, with the same maker's mark, were sold from the collection of Mrs. Fay Plohn, Sotheby's, London, October 15, 1970, lots 72 and 73.
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III LARGE SILVER CANDLESTICKS
LONDON, 1809, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR
On circular spreading bases, chased with a band of stylized leaves on a matted ground rising to overlapping acanthus leaves and knops of pearls, the tapering stems chased with vertical palmettes, honeysuckle, stiff leaves and a band of anthemion on a matted ground below a knop of stylized foliage, the campana-shaped part-fluted sockets chased with a band of basket weave and removable egg-and-dart nozzlez, marked on bases and nozzles, the bases stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI --14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) high
(76 oz.)
LONDON, 1809, MAKER'S MARK OF PAUL STORR
On circular spreading bases, chased with a band of stylized leaves on a matted ground rising to overlapping acanthus leaves and knops of pearls, the tapering stems chased with vertical palmettes, honeysuckle, stiff leaves and a band of anthemion on a matted ground below a knop of stylized foliage, the campana-shaped part-fluted sockets chased with a band of basket weave and removable egg-and-dart nozzlez, marked on bases and nozzles, the bases stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI --14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.) high
(76 oz.)