MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1809
Shaped circular, gadrooned rim with double-shells flanked by acanthus at intervals, well, conforming nozzle and snuffer engraved with two crests, marked to undersides of stands, nozzles and snuffers
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, over handle
39 oz. 16 dwt. (1,238 gr.)

Provenance

Property of a Gentleman, Christie’s, London, 15 December 1953, lot 154 (to Clarke) With Koopman Rare art, London.

Literature

Christoper Hartop, Royal Goldsmiths: The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797-1843, London, 2005, No. 40, p. 152.

Exhibited

Royal Goldsmiths: The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797-1843, London, June-July 2005.

Lot Essay

The crests are those of Beaumont with a cadency mark of a crescent for the second son and Wentworth, almost certainly for William Beaumont (1794-1872) Colonel Richard Beaumont (1758-1825), of Bretton Hall, co. York and his wife Diana (d. 1831), natural daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Wentworth 5th and last Bt.

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