Antique 19th Century Victorian impressively large & magnificent cast Epergne candelabrum centrepiece, standing on a shaped base, depicting a fox hunting scene featuring huntsmen, horses and hounds, the naturalistically modelled tree stem supporting three branches decorated with oak leaves and a central openwork dish support, inscribed to the base ‘Presented To John Stapylton Sutton Esq, of Elton Hall in the County of Durham by the Members of the Hurworth & Durham County Hunts and Other Friends in Consideration of His Disinterested Preservation of Foxes’ the top of the centerpiece terminating with a fitted frosted cut glass bowl. Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1873 (S), Maker R.H (Robert Hennell IV)

Condition: Excellent

Dimensions: 66cm high, 44cm wide

Silver Weight: 6180g

Glass Weight: 2050g