A VICTORIAN SILVER CANDELABRUM, BATEMAN & BALL FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE & CO., LONDON, 1841 the triform base on acanthus panel feet engraved with a presentation inscription on one side, a coat-of-arms, crest and motto on another and the third applied with a view of the Euston Arch, the stem with three cherubs harvesting the entwined fruit-laden vines growing around a vintner's tub, with six detachable vine branches and central light ending in leafy drip-pans, sconces and detachable nozzles 82cm high, 10,820gr (347oz) The arms are those of Glyn impaling Grenfell for George Carr Glyn (1797-1893), fourth son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, 1stBt. of Gaunts, Dorset, by his wife, Mary, daughter of John Plumtre of Fredville, Kent. Mr. Glyn, who was sometime a partner in the banking firm of Glyn, Mills & Co., was married in 1823 to Marianne (d. 1892), daughter of Pascoe Genfell of Taplow House, Bucks. The inscription reads: 'To GEORGE CARR GLYN, ESQre. This service of plate is presented as a testimonial of the high estimation in which he is held by the Subscribers who as directors and proprietors of The London and Birmingham Railway Company have witnessed and experienced the benefit of the signal services which he has rendered to that great, and successful undertaking in the important station of Chairman of the Company. 1841' This centrepiece (together with an accompanying silver service and a letter from the subscribers' secretary), was sent to George Carr Glyn from Euston Station on 31 December 1841. Contemporary reports, which mentioned that the service was 'executed with the accustomed good taste of Messrs. Rundell and Co.' at a cost of £1,634 19s., noted the recipient's response: 'Mr. Glyn has returned a feeling and well-expressed reply, in which he congratulates the proprietors of the railway on their having so successfully completed their great undertaking.' (The Railway Times, London, 1 January 1842, p. 41c; The Derby Mercury, Derby, 19 January 1842, p.2f). The Euston Arch, a massive sandstone Doric structure, formed the iconic entrance to the train station. Built by the London & Birmingham Railway in 1837, it was demolished in controversial circumstances in 1961/62. There have been several movements for its reconstruction and it has been mooted that the arch could be re-built for Euston Station's redevelopment as the gateway to High Speed 2.