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		An unusual thirteen-light Edwardian silver candelabrum of massive proportions. £ 58,000.00      41 inches (104cm) high George Stoner London 1904 Code: mass13light		more photos make enquiry
		A magnificent pair of sterling silver candelabra  £ 78,000.00      Elkington, Birmingham 1874. Each 33 inches (84cm) tall. 481 oz (15000g) total weight (approximately). Code: elktheatrelab		more photos make enquiry
		An extensive 19th century French silver garniture £ 135,000.00      Comprising: A pair of candelabra by Keller, Paris circa 1890; 414oz (12900g) 62cm tall. £48,000 A nine piece suite of silver by Tetard, Freres, Paris circa 1890. approximately 400oz (12456g) (silver weight) £78,000 Comprising: Jardiniere: (61cm diameter) Pair comports with glass dishes Pair of tureens and covers Four silver mounted glass dishes. A silver mounted mirror plateau, French circa 1890 80cm diameter. £15,000 Please note this set can be bought together at the price listed, but also as three separate pieces at the prices listed after each description. Code: frenchsuite		more photos make enquiry
		THE QUEEN ADELAIDE GARNITURE DE TABLE. A MAGNIFICENT VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE GARNITURE BY ROBERT GARRARD £ 1,900,000.00      London, with marks for R and S Garrard and R and S Garrard and Co., 1839-40 and 1852 Comprising a large silver mounted mirror plateau, in four sections with two extra end sections, the boarder cast and chased and applied with vines and scrolls on massive scroll supports, embellished with the arms and supporters and cypher of Queen Adelaide a pair of matching seven-light candelabra with conforming trails of chased vine leaves and the cypher for Queen Adelaide and a ten light candelabrum with the arms of Curzon-Howe impaling Gore for 1st Earl Howe, on a massive scrolled oval base with coats of arms centered by a fountain. Including five oak and iron bound cases with brass labels engraved for queen Adelaide and Earl Howe. The Surtout, 318cm. long 70cm wide The candelabra 121cm and 84cm high respectively. It is very unusual to find a royal piece of this quality. This wonderful opulent and richly cast and chased table garniture has a fascinating history, The Mirror Plateau and the pair of seven light candelabra were given by Queen Adelaide to the firs Earl Howe born Richard William Penn Curzon on 11th December 1796. He later augmented the suite by adding a sumptuous ten light candelabrum in 1852 celebrating his new title and his ancestry with the arms of Curzon-Howe Impaling Gore. Having succeeded his grandfather as Viscount Curzon of Penn, he took his seat in the House of Lords on 26th April 1820 and was created Earl Howe on 15th July of the following year. As a prominent Conservative he was appointed as Lord of the Bedchamber in 1829 and in the subsequent two years was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide, the Queen Consort at the time of her Coronation and that of William IV on 8th September 1821. He was dismissed from this influential post later in the same year by the Prime Minister, Earl Grey, for refusing to support the passage of the Reform Bill through parliament. The Queen, who seems to have had something of a forceful character refused to accept that he was removed from this role and he continued to fill it unofficially before being reinstated in 1834; a position he retained until her death in 1849. This exceptionally generous gift marks the Queens devotion to her servant. Indeed their intimacy led to some scandal at the time although it is likely that this was put about by envious Whig ladies, who resented the Queen’s interference in affairs of state. Certainly her supposed interference in politics led to her widespread unpopularity following the passage of the Reform Bill. On one occasion she was attacked by an angry mob while in her carriage; her footmen beating off the assailants and she was seen as the prime mover behind the dismissal of lord Melbourne’s government in 1834 of which even The Times reported, “the Queen has done it all” After the death of William IV on 20th June 1837, she spent some time in Malta and Mederia and was granted a very generous settlement of £100,000 per annum. No doubt this enormous income allowed her to pursue charitable acts, amongst them paying for the construction of the anglican church in Valetta, which still survives today. She also subscribed as much as £20,000 annually to public institutions Acts of private generosity such as this gift to her long serving Chamberlain would have been possible with such a large income and relatively few responsibilities. By the time she died she had won universal esteem and her unpopularity and alleged interference was forgotten. This Exceptional gift was made shortly after a tour she made of the English provinces in the autumn of 1839. It was at that time that she visited Earl Howe at Gopsall Hall in Leicestershire as well as the Earl of Warwick at Warwick Castle the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle and the conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel at at Draycott Manor. It may have graced the table at any of the Earl’s residences, which include Curzon House in South Audley Street., Penn House Near Amersham or Gopsall or indeed all of them as the stout cases would allow for easy transportation. The Earls addition of a further candelabrum was made after the Queens death adding to the Splendor of an already distinguished piece. Garrard’s would have been an obvious choice of maker. They were established in 1735 and carried out numerous royal commissions as well as working for the nobility. They made extensive displays of silverware at both the great exhibition in london at the Crystal Palace in 1851 and later at the international exhibition of 1862. This wonderful work of art was sold by the family on the 6th of December at Christie’s in London in 1933 and has not often appeared on the market since. It is an extraordinary testament to the Generosity of a Queen, the Loyalty of a servant and the skills of great craftsmen and represents a rare opportunity to acquire such a piece. Code: Adelaid		more photos make enquiry
		A magnificent thirteen-piece suite of Victorian silver plated candelabra and Epergnes. £ 180,000.00      A magnificent thirteen-piece suite of Victorian silver plated candelabra and Epergnes. By Elkington, Circa 1880. Comprising: Centerpiece Epergne with seven glass dishes: 32 1/2 inches (82.5cm) tall Pair six light candelabra with central glass dish 30 inches (76cm) tall four large seven-light candelabra 29 inches (73.5cm) tall six four light candelabra 22 inches (56cm) tall £180,000 Code: suiteelklab.		more photos make enquiry
		An outstanding sixteen-piece centerpiece and candelabra garniture £ 245,000.00      Silver-plated bronze. By Christofle Paris, Circa 1880 comprising: Four seven-light candelabra 26 inches (66cm) tall Four very large comports 18 1/4 inches (46 .5cm) tall pair large comports 12 1/2 inches (32cm) tall four medium comports 10 1/2 inches (27cm) tall pair two-tier dessert stands 21 1/2 inches (54.5cm) tall Code: christgarn		more photos make enquiry
		An excellent pair of thirteen-light ormalu candelabra. £ 35,000.00      circa 1880 35 1/2 inches (90cm) tall Code: ormalulab		more photos make enquiry
		An excellent set of six Edwardian silver wall-iights £ 28,500.00      In the Charles II style. Engraved 'N' below a coronet By Wakely & Wheeler London 1907 11 inches (28cm) by 8 inches (20.5cm) Code: wallights		more photos make enquiry
		An excellent pair of victorian silver five light candelabra. £ price on application      By Charles Frederick Hancock London 1865. approximately 500oz (15.5kg) combined 29 1/2 inches (75cm) tall Code: cfhlab1		more photos make enquiry
		AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA £ price on application      MARK OF PHILIP RUNDELL, LONDON, 1820, RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE AND RUNDELL, BASED ON THE DESIGNS OF JOHN FLAXMAN, MODELLED BY EDWARD HODGES BAILY Each on circular base with fruiting grapevine border, the stem cast as Orpheus resting against fruiting grapvines as he is struck by Cupid with an arrow, the three branches each terminating in a grapevine cast socket and wax-pan, the base applied with a coat-of-arms, the sockets and wax-pans each engraved with two crests, marked on base, on branches, sockets, wax-pans and applied coats-of-arms, the bases further stamped 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS LONDINI' 24 in. (61 cm.) high 423 oz. (13,151 gr.) The arms are those of Russell quartering Watts with those of Watts in pretence for Jesse Watts-Russell (1786-1875) of Ilam Hall, Staffordshire. Provenance Jesse Watts Russell M.P. (1786-1875), of Ilam Hall. The Eaton Family, Toronto, Canada. A Connecticut Collector; Phillip's, New York, 16 April 1982, lot 240. Literature J. B. Hawkins, The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, pp. 160-161. The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, p. 192. C. Hartop, Royal Goldmsiths, The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797-1843, 2005, p. 73, fig 63, cat. no. 44 C. Hartop, "Royal Goldmsiths, The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797-1843" The Magazine Antiques, June, 2005 Exhibited London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 147. London, Koopman Rare Art, Royal Goldmsiths, The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797-1843, 2005, p. 73, fig 63, cat. no. 44 Jesse Watts-Russell Jesse Watts-Russell was the son of Jesse Russell (1743-1820) of Newcastle-under-Lyme, who had made a fortune through the manufacture of soap. He married as his first wife Mary (d.1840), daughter and heiress of David Pike Watts of Portland Place, London and cousin of John Constable, the artist. He subsequently assumed by Royal License in 1817 the additional surname and arms of Watts. He was to marry twice more, in 1843 Maria Ellen (d.1844), daughter of Peter Henry Barker of Bedford and in 1862 Martha, daughter of John Leech of Wexford. These candelabra would have been commissioned for use in the dining room of Ilam Hall, the large Gothic Revival house built for Watts-Russell by the builder and engineer James Trubshaw (1777-1853) to the designs of the architect John Shaw (1776-1832). The house was sold after Watts-Russell's death in 1875, but Biggin Hall in Northamptonshire, another of his houses, has remained in the family. Ilam Hall only survives in fragmentary form, as does the memorial cross in Ilam village, which imitates the Eleanor Crosses and which was raised in memory of Watts-Russell's first wife. Code: prlab		more photos make enquiry
		An excellent pair of victorian silver three light candelabra. £ price on application      Barnard London 1885. 78oz (2429g) 18 inches tall. Code: barnardthreelight		more photos make enquiry
		A heavy quality pair of french silver-gilt nine-light candelabra. £ price on application      by Keller, Paris Circa 1890 24 inches tall 423oz (13175g) Code: kellerninelight		more photos make enquiry
		An Excellent quality pair of Victorian silver-gilt two-light candelabra. £ 6,000.00      Mark of Robert Roskell, Allan Roskell & John Mortimer Hunt. London 1885 10 inches tall 8 inches wide 46 oz Code: huntlabgilt		more photos make enquiry
		A Victorian silver-gilt five light candelabrum . £ 58,000.00      A Victorian silver-gilt five light candelabrum John Samuel Hunt London 1856 34½ in. (87.6 cm.) high; total weight. 460oz Code: ish5light		more photos make enquiry
		OF ROYAL IMPORTANCE, A MASSIVE FIVE-PIECE FRENCH SILVER CENTERPIECE AND CANDELABRA GARNITURE EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1878. MARK OF ODIOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1878 £ price on application      THE ROYAL HOUSES OF FRANCE AND DENMARK The wedding gift of François d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville, third son of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French to his Grandaughter; Princess Marie d'Orléans in honor of her marriage on 20 October 1885 to Prince Valdemar of Denmark , youngest son of King Christian IX of Denmark. OF ROYAL IMPORTANCE, A MASSIVE FIVE-PIECE FRENCH SILVER CENTERPIECE AND CANDELABRA GARNITURE EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1878. MARK OF ODIOT, PARIS, CIRCA 1878 The central centerpiece supporting cast figures of Flora and Zephyr, reclining among putto, the two smaller centerpieces each supporting cast putto at play, each applied with the Royal arms of Denmark accolé with the Royal arms of France, below cast crowns, Each thirteen-light candelabra applied with frolicking putto. The Centerpieces marked on bases, the bases further stamped 'ODIOT A PARIS' the candelabra fully marked also numbered 5416, 5417, 5418, 5419 and 5420 The centerpiece: 37½ in. (95 cm.) wide The two side pieces 13½ in. (34 cm.) wide The Candelabra 38¼ in. (97 cm.) high gross weight 2527 oz. (78690g) The arms are the Royal arms of Denmark accolé with the Royal arms of France with a label for difference, for Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1859-1939), youngest son of King Christian IX of Denmark, and his wife Princess Marie d'Orléans (1865-1909), eldest daughter of Robert, Duke de Chartres and his wife Princess Françoise d'Orleans (1844-1925), who he married in 1886. Purchased as part of a service for 40,293 French Francs from Odiot by François d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville (1818-1900) on 31 January 1886, Presented by him as a wedding gift to his granddaughter Princess Marie d'Orléans (1865-1909) in honor of her marriage on 20 October 1885 to Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1859-1939), youngest son of King Christian IX of Denmark. Literature 'Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris International Exhibition', The Art Journal, London, 1878, p.77. Le Nouveau Journal Republican, December 1878. Monde Illustre, December 1878. J. B. Hawkins, Masterpieces of English and European Silver and Gold, Sydney, 1979, p. 118-125. J. B. Hawkins, The Al Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, pp. 197-203. J.-M. Pinçon and O. Gaube du Gers, Odiot l'Orfévre, Paris, 1990, p. 188. Exhibited Paris, Paris Universal Exhibition, 1878. Sydney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Masterpieces of English and European Silver and Gold, January, 1980, no. 45. MAISON ODIOT While the Maison Odiot can trace its origins back to 1690, it was Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot, the grandson of the founder, Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Odiot, who brought the firm to the attention of the world. Born in 1763 and becoming a master in 1785, Odiot succeeded his father in the business, steadily building the firm's reputation, coming to a particular notice following the Exposition de l'industrie held in Paris in 1802. Following the bankruptcy, in 1809, of the celebrated neoclassical silversmith Henry Auguste, who at the time was the silversmith to Emperor Napoleon, Odiot was able to purchase many of his models and designs. Odiot, along with Martin-Guillaume Biennais, soon replaced Auguste as Emperor Napoleon's silversmiths ensuring the success of both firms. Soon Odiot was receiving orders from the French court, including a service made for Napoleon's mother, styled 'Madame Mère' and as well as from across Europe and beyond. The Russian Imperial court's love affair with French silver, most famously realised in the service made for Catherine the Great from the Parisian silversmith Jacques Roettiers and his son Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers in 1770 and subsequently presented to her lover Count Gregory Orloff, continued with commissions from the Russian court to Odiot. Among these important commissions were a massive service for Countess Branicki, the niece of Gregory Potemkin and Count Nikolai Demidoff. Odiot's work during this period is characterised by strong neoclassical forms, ornamented with cast figural elements, often attached not by the traditional soldering but with the use of bolts and rivets, a method he inherited from his collaboration with the bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843). Having survived the French Empire as well as the Bourbon monarchy, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot retired in 1823 passing the business to his son Charles-Nicolas, who continued to build on the firms success and to enhance their reputation and their list of Royal clients such as François d'Orleans, Prince de Joinville who purchased this magnificent suite which Odiot had exhibited at the 1878 Paris Universal Exposition. Code: roalodiot		more photos make enquiry
		THE VICTORIA BRIDGE TESTIMONIAL. £ 165,000.00      A Magnificent Sterling Silver six-light candelabrum centrepiece of massive proportion. Made by James & Nathaniel Creswick London 1854. 44 inches tall. 590oz (18375g) approximately. Depicting Victoria Bridge masterfully reproduced in minuture. also bearing original presentation inscription: PRESENTED TO William York Esqr by a few friends as an expression of their high estimate of his character & worth as a private gentleman, as deacon, convener of the trades house, as a member of the city council and as the successful builder of VICTORIA BRIDGE Glasgow 1854. e7627/2620 Code: victoriabridge		more photos make enquiry
		A Massive Victorian Solid Silver-Gilt Ten Light Candelabrum Centerpiece. £ 125,000.00      By Elkington and Co. Birmingham 1859 38 inches tall 544 oz. (16900g) Code: palmtenlight		more photos make enquiry
		An excellent pair of French silver, seven-light candelabra circa 1890 £ 48,000.00      25 inches (64 cm) tall 415oz (12900g) e6952/1627 Code: frelab7light		more photos make enquiry
		A Suite of George V Silver Candelabra and Candlesticks £ 10,500.00      By Crichton Brothers London 1918 The candelabra: 13 1/2 inches (34cm) tall 12 inches (30.5cm) wide 10 1/4 inches (26cm) tall 114oz total weight. Code: LAClab		more photos make enquiry
		A Pair of 19th Century Candelabra by Christofle et Cie. Circa 1890 £ 7,800.00      Each Silver-Bronze candelabrum formed of six branches. each 25 inches (63.5cm) tall Code: christoflelabra		more photos make enquiry