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Candlestick
Marked by: Paul Storr (English, 1771–1844)
English (London)
1823–24
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver gilt
Dimensions
23.9 X 12.7 cm. ( 9 7/16 X 5 in. )
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number66.437
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionEach candlestick rests on a base composed of three cast crouching lion's legs, with a cast palmette at the join. The shaft of the candlestick is molded as a tree trunk. The cast unshaped nozzle is embellished with foliage and is fitted with a removable gadrooned waxpan.
Marks
On underside of each base, maker's mark PS (Grimwade 2235)(repeated on bezel of each waxpan); lion passant (repeated on bezel of each waxpan); leopard's head crowned; date letter h (repeated on bezel of each waxpan); sovereign's head (repeated on bezel of each waxpan).
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on the underside of one foot on each candlestick, GB in cipher with a duke's coronet above.
INSCRIPTIONS: engraved on bezel of waxpan, "1", engraved on nozzle where waxpan sits, "1".
INSCRIPTIONS: engraved on bezel of waxpan, "1", engraved on nozzle where waxpan sits, "1".
ProvenanceSold Sotheby's, March 31, 1966, lot 111; S.J. Phillips, Ltd., London, purchased September 16, 1966, Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour. (Accession Date: September 16, 1966)