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Candlestick

Candlestick

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (assayed)

  • Date:

    1815-1816 (hallmarked)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Storr, Paul, born 1771 - died 1844 (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Cast, raised, chased and engraved silver-gilt

  • Credit Line:

    The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • Museum number:

    LOAN:GILBERT.769:2-2008

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.

Physical description

Silver-gilt candlestick (one of a set of four) on a shaped square base, the tapering stem of octagonal section chased with imbricated quatrefoils, husks and beads, a plain wax pan engraved with a crest is fitted into the nozzle.

Place of Origin

London, England (assayed)

Date

1815-1816 (hallmarked)

Artist/maker

Storr, Paul, born 1771 - died 1844 (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Cast, raised, chased and engraved silver-gilt

Marks and inscriptions

London hallmarks for 1815-16
Mark of Paul Storr
Engraved with a crest

Dimensions

Height: 23.2 cm, Weight: 831 g

Object history note

Provenance: Sale, Christies, lot 45, 24/11/1971. Purchased by S.J. Shrubsole Corporation, New York, 1971.

Descriptive line

Silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1815-16, mark of Paul Storr.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Penzer, N. M. Paul Storr, 1771-1844: Silversmith and Goldsmith. London, B. T. Batsford, 1954. Reprint. London: Spring Books, 1971, p. 248, appendix A
Hillier, Bevis. 'The Gilbert Collection of Silver'. The Connoisseur, June 1976, Vol. 192, No. 772, p. 121.
Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 111, pp. 416-18. ISBN.0875871445
Jones, William Ezelle. Exhibition catalogue, Monumental silver: selections from the Gilbert Collection. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1977, cat. no. 30.

Exhibition History

Monumental Silver: Selections from the Gilbert Collection (Los Angeles County Museum of Art 01/01/1977-31/12/1977)
Monumental Silver and Mosaics: The Gilbert Collection (Los Angeles County Museum of Art 01/01/1975-31/12/1975)
Monumental Silver: The Gilbert Collection (Los Angeles County Museum of Art 01/01/1974-31/12/1974)

Materials

Silver; Gold

Techniques

Gilding; Engraving (incising); Casting; Chasing; Raising

Subjects depicted

Crests; Quatrefoils; Beading; Husks

Categories

Metalwork; Lighting

Collection code

MET

Qr_O157990
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