Lot Essay
The arms are those of Hill granted to Sidney Hill Esq., of Langford House, Churchill, Co. Somerset in 1882
MAKER'S MARK OF WALTER BARNARD AND JOHN BARNARD, LONDON, 1885
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A Victorian silver nine-light candelabrum centrepiece and a pair of matching dessert stands
maker's mark of Walter Barnard and John Barnard, London, 1885
The centrepiece on shaped-oblong plinth chased with a band of berried ivy, with baluster stem and two detachable leaf-capped scroll branches, each terminating in plain circular drip-pan and vase-shaped socket with plain cylindrical nozzle, one lacking, with central five-light finial, with similar scroll branches, drip-pans, sockets and nozzles, the stem chased with panels of fruit and foliage on a matted ground, the base applied with seated allegorical figures of Music and Learning, with replacement central bowl with two cut-glass dishes and four smaller bowls and glass dishes for the side branches, and two flower and foliage finials, the dessert stands on similar shaped-oblong base and baluster stem similarly chased, each applied with two seated putti playing musical instruments, each with cut-glass circular bowl and baluster finial, with further finials formed to hold trumpet-shaped glass vases, the bases each engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto, fully marked except trumpet-shaped finials unmarked
The centrepiece 19in. (48.5cm.) high
The dessert stands 7in. (17.8cm.) high
320ozs. (9,959grs.) (3)
maker's mark of Walter Barnard and John Barnard, London, 1885
The centrepiece on shaped-oblong plinth chased with a band of berried ivy, with baluster stem and two detachable leaf-capped scroll branches, each terminating in plain circular drip-pan and vase-shaped socket with plain cylindrical nozzle, one lacking, with central five-light finial, with similar scroll branches, drip-pans, sockets and nozzles, the stem chased with panels of fruit and foliage on a matted ground, the base applied with seated allegorical figures of Music and Learning, with replacement central bowl with two cut-glass dishes and four smaller bowls and glass dishes for the side branches, and two flower and foliage finials, the dessert stands on similar shaped-oblong base and baluster stem similarly chased, each applied with two seated putti playing musical instruments, each with cut-glass circular bowl and baluster finial, with further finials formed to hold trumpet-shaped glass vases, the bases each engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto, fully marked except trumpet-shaped finials unmarked
The centrepiece 19in. (48.5cm.) high
The dessert stands 7in. (17.8cm.) high
320ozs. (9,959grs.) (3)