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MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1824
Details
A GEORGE IV SILVER SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRUM OR THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM CENTREPIECE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1824
On triangular base with shell and scroll cast feet, the base chased with foliage and rocaille on a matted base and with three cartouches, one engraved with a coat-of-arms and two with crest, the stem cast with foliage and with three foliage and flower cast buttresses, each with a detachable bud, with two tiers of three branches, each cast with foliage and with tapering socket, wax-pan and detachable nozzle, with a further central branch resting on a foliage cast stem with berried terminal, the top section can be detached and replaced with a wickerwork cast basket with fruiting grapevine cast border, while the three branches can replace the detachable buds for use as a three-light candelabrum centrepiece, marked on base, stem, upper tier of branches, sockets, nozzles, wax-pans, basket and two detachable branches, the detachable buds apparently unmarked
27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) high as a seven-light candelabrum
17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) high as a three-light candelabrum centrepiece
308 oz 16 dwt. (9,606 gr.)
The arms are those of Philips quartering Stubbs, probably for John Burton Philips (1785-1847) of Heath House, Cheadle, co. Stafford.
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1824
On triangular base with shell and scroll cast feet, the base chased with foliage and rocaille on a matted base and with three cartouches, one engraved with a coat-of-arms and two with crest, the stem cast with foliage and with three foliage and flower cast buttresses, each with a detachable bud, with two tiers of three branches, each cast with foliage and with tapering socket, wax-pan and detachable nozzle, with a further central branch resting on a foliage cast stem with berried terminal, the top section can be detached and replaced with a wickerwork cast basket with fruiting grapevine cast border, while the three branches can replace the detachable buds for use as a three-light candelabrum centrepiece, marked on base, stem, upper tier of branches, sockets, nozzles, wax-pans, basket and two detachable branches, the detachable buds apparently unmarked
27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) high as a seven-light candelabrum
17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) high as a three-light candelabrum centrepiece
308 oz 16 dwt. (9,606 gr.)
The arms are those of Philips quartering Stubbs, probably for John Burton Philips (1785-1847) of Heath House, Cheadle, co. Stafford.
Provenance
Morrie A. Moss, Memphis, Tennessee, by 1972.
Dr and Mrs David Niemetz; Christie's, New York, 17 April 1985, lot 497.
Dr and Mrs David Niemetz; Christie's, New York, 17 April 1985, lot 497.
Literature
Morrie A. Moss, The Lillian and Morrie Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver, 1972, p. 168, pl. 109.
Sale room notice
This Lot is Withdrawn.
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