These herm pedestals for vases, busts or candelabra are embellished with flower-festooned acanthus foliage, in the Louis XV manner, and derive from patterns for 'Terms for Busto's etc.' engraved by Thomas Chippendale (d. 1778) in 1760 and published in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd ed., 1763, pl. CXLVIII, no. D, while its florid garlands relate more closely to those of no. E. During the reign of William IV, the publications from John Weale's Architectural Library of High Holborn, including Chippendale's Ornaments and Interior Decorations in the Old French Style, encouraged the revival of popularity for Chippendale's French ornament. These stands, which differ from the Chippendale pattern No. D, by the addition of the drip-work base, would have been appropriate for the banqueting hall or dining room. Their French ornament corresponds with the rococo grates being inserted in the 1830s at Port Eliot by the 2nd Earl of St. Germans (d. 1849) under the direction of his architect Henry Harrison (d. 1865)