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Candlestick

1815-1816 (hallmarked)
Artist/Maker
Storr, Paul (maker)
Place of origin
London (assayed)

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.


Object details

Categories
Lighting
Metalwork
Object type
Candlestick
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Wax Pan
  • Candlestick
Materials and techniques
Cast, raised, chased and engraved silver-gilt
Silver
Gold
Casting
Raising
Chasing
Engraving (Incising)
Gilding
Brief description
Silver-gilt, London hallmarks for 1815-16, mark of Paul Storr.
Physical description
Silver-gilt candlestick (one of 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
  • Weight: 845g
Marks and inscriptions
  • London hallmarks for 1815-16
  • Mark of Paul Storr
  • Engraved crest (Unidentified)
Credit line
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object history
Provenance: Sale, Christies, lot 45, 24/11/1971. Purchased by S.J. Shrubsole Corporation, New York, 1971.
Subjects depicted
Quatrefoil
Husks
Beading (Edging Pattern)
Crests
Summary
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.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • 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, Monumental Silver: Selections from the Gilbert Collection. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977 no.30
  • Gilbert, Arthur. Monumental Silver: The Gilbert Collection, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974 no.17
Other numbers
  • SG 34D - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • M.77.1.5 - LACMA
  • SG 362 i - Arthur Gilbert Number
  • 2001.10 - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
LOAN:GILBERT.771:2-2008

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Record createdJune 26, 2008
Record URL
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