A GEORGE IV SILVER SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRUM OR THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM CENTREPIECE

A GEORGE IV SILVER SEVEN-LIGHT CANDELABRUM OR THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRUM CENTREPIECE
MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1824
On triangular base with shell and scroll cast feet, the base chased with foliage and rocaille on a matted base and with three cartouches, one engraved with a coat-of-arms and two with crest, the stem cast with foliage and with three foliage and flower cast buttresses, each with a detachable bud, with two tiers of three branches, each cast with foliage and with tapering socket, wax-pan and detachable nozzle, with a further central branch resting on a foliage cast stem with berried terminal, the top section can be detached and replaced with a wickerwork cast basket with fruiting grapevine cast border, while the three branches can replace the detachable buds for use as a three-light candelabrum centrepiece, marked on base, stem, upper tier of branches, sockets, nozzles, wax-pans, basket and two detachable branches, the detachable buds apparently unmarked
27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) high as a seven-light candelabrum
17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) high as a three-light candelabrum centrepiece
308 oz 16 dwt. (9,606 gr.)
The arms are those of Philips quartering Stubbs, probably for John Burton Philips (1785-1847) of Heath House, Cheadle, co. Stafford.