Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume IV : Les Arts de la table
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume IV : Les Arts de la table
A pair of George III silver four-light candelabra from the Picton service, Paul Storr of Storr & Co., for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, 1813
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October 14, 11:42 AM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 EUR
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A pair of George III silver four-light candelabra from the Picton service, Paul Storr of Storr & Co., for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, 1813
on triform bases with guilloche borders, the upper surfaces centred by rosettes, supporting a tapering central column on three lion legs, with alternating winged masks and entwined serpents, the stem applied with acanthus leaves and bands of gadrooning, surmounted by three female maks and supporting three dolphin and leaf-clad scrolling branches and a central light, with fluted drip-pans and sockets, each stem engraved with a coat-of-arms, and THIRD DIVISION with military trophy cartouche, the waxpans and sockets engraved with a crest, both stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS, one stamped 466
height 27 1⁄2 in.; weight 463 1⁄2 oz.; 70 cm.; 14427 g.
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Paire d'importants chandeliers à quatre lumières en argent du service Picton par Paul Storr, Londres, 1813
sur une base triangulaire à bord guilloché soutenant une colonne, reposant sur trois pattes de lion, des masques ailés alternant avec des serpents entrelacés, le fût sommé de trois masques féminins soutenant des dauphins, les branches ornées de feuillages
height 27 1⁄2 in.; weight 463 1⁄2 oz.; 70 cm.; 14427 g.
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815)
Christie’s New York, 17 May 2011, lot 160
Koopman Rare Art, London, 2016
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Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815)
Christie’s New York, 17 mai 2011, lot 160
Koopman Rare Art, Londres, 2016
The arms are those of Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton who was born on 24 August 1754 at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, seventh of the twelve children of Thomas Picton (1723-1790), a local landowner and sheriff, and his wife, Cecil (1728-1806), daughter of the Rev. Edward Powell of Llandough, Glamorganshire. He joined the army at an early age but remained in relative obscurity until he went to the West Indies and came to the notice of Sir Ralph Abercromby during the campaign at St. Lucia in May 1796. The following year, when Abercromby left Trinidad, Picton was appointed the island’s commandant and military governor. Notorious for its civil disorder and as a haven for runaway slaves and deserting soldiers, Picton was not afraid to use harsh methods by which means he soon returned Trinidad to a state of peace.
After several turbulent years, during which Picton was tried in the Court of King’s Bench in London on 24 February 1806 on an indictment of torturing a free Mulatto women named Louisa Caldrone, he was promoted major-general. Although initially found guilty the verdict was overturned at a retrial. In 1810 Picton was given the command of a division in Spain and for the next few years he became one of Wellington’s principal subordinates.
Picton died at the Battle of Waterloo after which his courageous conduct was recognised as one of bravest among British generals. A bust of him was erected in St. Paul’s Cathedral and his body was later laid to rest close to that of Wellington.
It is likely that this pair of candelabra was part of the presentation service of plate, all bearing the mark of Paul Storr of Storr & Co. for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell and mostly hallmarked London 1814, comprising a soup tureen and cover, liner and stand (1808), a pair of entrée dishes and covers, a pair of oval meat dishes and covers and a large oval meat dish, which was given to Sir Thomas Picton upon the dissolution of the ‘Third Division.’ An inscription on the tureen read in part: 'TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR THOMAS PICTON, K.B. FROM THE GENERAL STAFF & OFFICERS OF THE DIVISION IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR RESPECT FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED MILITARY TALENTS UNIFORMLY DISPLAYED DURING THE CAMPAIGNS, OF 1810, 11, 12, 13, & 14 & AS A MEMORIAL OF THEIR ATTACHMENT ARISING NO LESS FROM HIS PUBLICK THAN FROM HIS PRIVATE WORTH.' (Christie’s, New York, 14 April 2005, lot 181)