Noble & Private Collections Including Property from Corby Castle, Cumbria, and Marco Voena’s London Pied-à-Terre

Noble & Private Collections Including Property from Corby Castle, Cumbria, and Marco Voena’s London Pied-à-Terre

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 41. A Victorian six-light silver candelabrum centrepiece, George Angell & Co., London, 1857.

The Principal Contents of Corby Castle, Cumbria

A Victorian six-light silver candelabrum centrepiece, George Angell & Co., London, 1857

Live auction begins on:

November 19, 01:30 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Bid

7,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The shaped-triangular base with an acanthus border and resting on three foliate scroll feet, around the stem sit three female figures representing Justice, Agriculture and Commerce, supporting a cut-glass bowl surrounded by the six lights, engraved with a coat-of-arms,


83cm, 32¾in. high

11,700gr., 376oz

Manchester Courier, 27 March 1858


A Work of Art - During the past week there has been on view at the establishment of Messrs. Ollivant and Botsford, Exchange Street, Manchester, a very elegant specimen of artistic skill in silver, intended to be presented to Mr. John Crosby, banker, of Kirkby Thure. This specimen of the fine arts consists of a candelabrum in silver, for six lights, with glasses, so that it may be used as an epergne. Upon a triangular base there are three figures emblematic of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce, with characteristic emblems under each figure upon the angles of the base. A fluted column rising from the base supports three scroll branches, each of which divides into two parts, so as to form six altogether, surmounted by an open basket, with a glass for flowers. The figures are frosted silver, and the base is enriched with chaste scroll ornaments. The whole weighs 340 ounces. The candelabrum bears the following inscription:


Presented to John Crosby, Esq., of Kirkby Thure, by his numerous friends as a mark of their esteem in which he is held for his high position as a private banker, his generous liberality in all business transactions, his zealous support of agriculture, and the many virtues that adorn his public and private life. 1858

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