A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1826

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1826
Each on shaped circular base, cast and chased with foliate scrolls on a matted ground, the stem cast with lion's masks and further foliage scrolls and rocaille, each with detachable branches with four foliage-cast brackets terminating in foliage-cast spool-shaped socket with detachable nozzle, with a further central socket with detachable flammiform finial, marked on base, branches, sockets, nozzles and finials, further engraved underneath with scratch weight 'Oz323.10' and 'Oz338'
26 3/8 in. (67 cm.) high
656 oz. 4 dwt. (20,408 gr.)
來源
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 June 1981, lot 84.
拍場告示
This Lot is Withdrawn.

拍品專文

These magnificent candelabra are a fine example of the rococo creations of Paul Storr, one of the most celebrated silversmiths of the nineteenth century. Of eighteenth-century Parisian origin, the rocaille style was inspired by natural forms and characterised by flowing lines and silhouettes. It spread rapidly across Europe, and interest in it persisted in England through the nineteenth century, when leading silversmiths of the day created works in revival of the rococo George II style. A notable comparison can be drawn between the present candelabra and a six-branch candelabrum by Storr dated to 1835 with very similar branches and illustrated in N. M. Penzer, Paul Storr The Last of the Goldsmiths, London, 1954, p. 232-3, plate LXXVII.

Storr worked at the beginning of his career in partnership with Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, in partnership with whom he created magnificent objects for some of the most important collections of the day, including the Royal Collection. After dissolving his partnership with that firm, Storr worked independently for patrons including the Crown and Lord Spencer, creating magnificent objects and table services in a largely antique-inspired, neoclassical style. The rococo strain of his work, however, is rarer and is here distinguished by the present elegant proportions and fine chasing.

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