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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MAKER'S MARK OF PHILLIPS GARDEN, LONDON, 1756
SIMILAR TO THE PRECEEDING CANDLESTICKS, THE BASES EACH ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, MARKED UNDER BASES AND ON NOZZLE - 12¼IN. (31.5CM.) HIGH
81OZS. (254GRS.)
THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF WELLESLEY QUARTERING LONG, TYNLEY, POLE, WELLESLEY AND COLLEY WITH LONG QUARTERING TYLNEY IN PRETENCE FOR WILLIAM POLE-TYLNEY-LONG-WELLESLEY (1788-1857), LATER 4TH EARL OF MORNINGTON AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE (D.1825), DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIR OF SIR JAMES TYLNEY-LONG 7TH BT. OF DRAYCOT, WILTSHIRE, WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1812. HE WAS THE SON OF WILLIAM, 3RD EARL OF MORNINGTON (1763-1845) AND NEPHEW OF ARTHUR, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON (1769-1852). HE ASSUMED THE ADDITIONAL NAME OF TYLNEY AND LONG ON HIS MARRIAGE AND THE ARMS BY LETTERS PATENT OF 11 JANUARY 1813. (2)
MAKER'S MARK OF PHILLIPS GARDEN, LONDON, 1756
SIMILAR TO THE PRECEEDING CANDLESTICKS, THE BASES EACH ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS, MARKED UNDER BASES AND ON NOZZLE - 12¼IN. (31.5CM.) HIGH
81OZS. (254GRS.)
THE ARMS ARE THOSE OF WELLESLEY QUARTERING LONG, TYNLEY, POLE, WELLESLEY AND COLLEY WITH LONG QUARTERING TYLNEY IN PRETENCE FOR WILLIAM POLE-TYLNEY-LONG-WELLESLEY (1788-1857), LATER 4TH EARL OF MORNINGTON AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE (D.1825), DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIR OF SIR JAMES TYLNEY-LONG 7TH BT. OF DRAYCOT, WILTSHIRE, WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1812. HE WAS THE SON OF WILLIAM, 3RD EARL OF MORNINGTON (1763-1845) AND NEPHEW OF ARTHUR, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON (1769-1852). HE ASSUMED THE ADDITIONAL NAME OF TYLNEY AND LONG ON HIS MARRIAGE AND THE ARMS BY LETTERS PATENT OF 11 JANUARY 1813. (2)
Provenance
ANONYMOUS SALE, SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 22 NOVEMBER 1984, LOT 66