Lot 64: Pair Hunt and Roskell English Sterling Silver Candelabra

Pair of Hunt and Roskell sterling silver candelabra, London, 1867, each raised on a stepped square base with a baluster-form shaft and removable five-light branch, convertible to a single candlestick and removable bobeches, with gadrooned edges throughout. With engraved six-pointed star symbol to each base. Fully hallmarked, with the base sides additionally stamped “Hunt & Roskell / Late Storr & Mortimer”. 23 in. H x 16 1/2 i n. W. 320.0 total troy ounces.  Note: Hunt and Roskell was a renowned jeweler and silversmiths on Bond Street in London who for many years held the Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria.  The firm was the successor to the celebrated silversmith Paul Storr, who had left Rundell, Bridge and Rundell to set up his own workshop on Harrison Street near Clerkenwell in 1819.

PROVENANCE:

The estate (Irrevocable Trust) of Waltraut H. Mizell, Nashville, TN.

CONDITION:

Both overall very good condition with a star coat of arms engraving on the base.