Lot 285
285
A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER NINE-PIECE TABLE GARNITURE
PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST COLLECTOR
A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER NINE-PIECE TABLE GARNITURE

MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1879, THE CENTERPIECE, 1878

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A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER NINE-PIECE TABLE GARNITURE
MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1879, THE CENTERPIECE, 1878
Comprising a pair of six-light candelabra, a set of four candlesticks, a large shaped oval centerpiece, and a pair of oval fruit stands:

The pair of six-light candelabra, each on circular base with two satyrs, the fluted column stem with ram's masks, the detachable leaf-capped scroll branches with circular drip pans and vase-shaped sockets, with detachable nozzles, the central baluster stem with flower and dove finial, marked on base, figures, ram's horn, bird finial, drip-pans, sockets and nozzles, one nozzle missing, the branches apparently unmarked

The set of four candlesticks, each on oval base, the fluted cylindrical stem applied with ram's heads, the fluted drip-pan and socket chased with vines and ivy, marked on bases, putti and nozzles

The centerpiece, in the form of a two-handled basket on shaped oval plateau, each side applied with a coat-of-arms and two cornucopiae, chased with allegorical figures of summer and flanked by a male and female faun, the fluted oval basket on crossed thyrsi, with cut-glass bowl, the base with wood backing, marked on bowl, base, figures, cornucopia, cartouches, three bosses, hinges, one foot engraved ELKINGTON & CO, also with patent registration mark

The pair of fruit stands, each with oval base applied with cornucopiae, the tapering stem with floral garlands and applied with two seated fauns, the fluted bowl with pierced scrolling foliage and glass bowls, marked on bases, plinth, bowl and figures, the base with wood backing




The candelabra 31 in. (77 cm.) high; 460 oz. (14,320 gr.) gross weight; the candlesticks 12 in. (30 cm.) high; 122 oz. 10 dwt. (3,813 gr.); the centerpiece 35 in. (88.9 cm.) long, the stands 10 ¾ in. (26.9 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The design of this service is attributed to the French designer Léonard Morel-Ladeuil (d.1888). Morel-Ladeuil studied under sculptor Antoine Vechte and worked from 1859 for Elkington & Co. He is chiefly remembered for a number of masterpieces such as the Invention Vase produced in 1853, the Milton Shield of 1867 and the Helicon Vase of 1871. In 1876, at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, Elkington and Co. exhibited several dinner and dessert services made expressly for that exhibit. A dessert service, designed by Morel-Ladeuil, and valued at two thousand guineas, was featured in the 1876 Art Journal. The Centennial dessert service undoubtedly served as the model for the present service. Other Elkington table garnitures of this model sold in these Rooms on 20 April 2001, lot 226 and 27 October 2005, lot 323.


IMAGE CAPTION
Centerpiece by Morel-Ladeuil, designed for Elkington and exhibited at the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876, illustrated in G. Ferris, Gems of the Centennial Exhibition, 1877, p. 32

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