10 ¾” tall; 7 3/8” diameter at rim; 6 ¾” diameter at base; 92 ozs.
Pair of cast Dessert Stands with vines, leaves and grapes entwining the base, forming the feet and then rising up to form the support for cut crystal dishes. Large cast Cherubs are on each base; the first, a soldier wearing a helmet and holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, with a sword on the ground at his side. The second, playing a lyre. Contemporary Coats-of-Arms in cast cartouches at the base of each. Marked for JOHN S. HUNT, London, 1853 on the base of each, on the cast cartouches of each as well as on the Spear and the Sword. Further marked “Hunt & Roskell” “Late Storr & Mortimer”, incised, on the bottom edge of each base.