A Massive Victorian Gilt-metal St. George and the Dragon nine-light candelabrum centerpiece, mid 19th century

the triform base applied at the angles with lions holding shields joined by grapevine roots, the center formed as a mound supporting the grapevine stem flanked by a spirited figure of a mounted St. George and the dragon, rising to nie fruiting branches and central basket

one split in base, lead solder where horse's tail has been reattached, lacks glass liner
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The theme of "St. George and the Dragon" was used for several monumental silver centerpieces in the 1840s.  A thirteen-light example, height 115 cm, was made by Robert Garrard II for the newly crowned Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, was sold by Sotheby's in 2005 from Schloss Marienburg, lot 2209.  Another thirteen-light example, also 115 cm high, was designed by Edward Hodges Bailey and made by John S. Hunt for the Russian Imperial Ascot Trophy of 1846, formerly in the Al-Tajir Collection.

Both Edward Barnard & Sons (London) and Thomas Bradbury & Sons (Sheffield) were capable of such elaborate work, though both usually signed their plated productions.