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15 mai 2012

A Magnificent Pair of George III Silver Four-Light Candelabra

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A Magnificent Pair of George III Silver Four-Light Candelabra. Mark of Paul Storr, London, 1810 photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012

Each on circular base with tongue-and-dart border and foliate diaperwork with shells at intervals, the fluted base supporting a tapering square stem with lappet band and shell and acanthus shoulder, the fluted campana-form socket with conforming foliate diaperwork, the detachable three-arm branch with reeded, acanthus-clad stems with paterae, supporting three tongue-and-dart waxpans, leaf-clad sockets and gadrooned nozzles, the central baluster-form standard supporting a conforming socket, with detachable ivy and berry bud finial, each base engraved with an inscription and a coat-of-arms, the waxpans engraved with a crest, the bases also stamped with the inscription RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE LONDINI FECERUNT, fully marked; 30¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high; 364 oz. 10 dwt. (11,341 gr.) (2). Lot 61. Estimate $250,000 - $350,000

Notes: The arms are those of Frampton, as borne by James Frampton (1769-1855) 

The inscription on each base reads:

TO JAMES FRAMPTON, ESQR
LIEUTENANT COLONEL COMMANDANT OF THE DORSET YEOMANRY VOLUNTEERS.
This Piece of Plate was Presented by the Officers of that Corps, at the time of their being Disembodied, as a Memorial
of their Attachment and Esteem, and of the deep sense they entertain of his unremitting Exertions, in preserving the Harmony and Discipline of the Corps,
WHILST UNDER HIS COMMAND. AUGUST 5TH 1814


These superb candelabra represent one of Paul Storr's most successful and popular models. The earliest surviving pair of Storr candelabra with bases of this design was made for the 9th Duke of Bedford in 1807, the year that Storr became the director of the workshops of Rundell, Bridge & Rundell (illustrated in N.M. Penzer, Paul Storr, 1954, p. 126, and sold Christie's, London, 14 June 1950, lot 117). Other examples, all dating to 1808, include a silver-gilt pair, sold in these Rooms, 22 May 2008, lot 145, and those in the collections of Morrie Moss, the 1st Earl Beauchamp, Koopman Rare Art, the 5th Earl of Chesterfield, and the Estate of Charles and Yvette Bluhdorn (illustrated, respectively, in The Lillian and Morrie Moss Collection of Paul Storr Silver, 1972, p. 97; Sotheby's, London, 11 February 1971, lot 243; Koopman Rare Art,Silver from a Gilded Age, 2005, p. 35; Sotheby's, London, 15 February 1988, lot 118, with branches by Garrard; and Sotheby's, New York, 13 October 2007, lot 27). Another pair of 1808 was sold anonymously at Christie's, London, 10 December 1958, lot 70.

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Lt.-Col. James Frampton (1769-1855)

 Christie's. The Van Cliburn Collection. 17 May 2012. New York, Rockefeller Plaza 

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