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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN(LOTS 422-429)
TEN GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
FOUR WITH THE MARK OF ROBERT JONES AND JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, 1777, OVERSTRIKING OTHER MARKS, TWO MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, CIRCA 1777, OVERSTRIKING OTHER MARKS, TWO SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1777, ONE APPARENTLY UNMARKED
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TEN GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
FOUR WITH THE MARK OF ROBERT JONES AND JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, 1777, OVERSTRIKING OTHER MARKS, TWO MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, CIRCA 1777, OVERSTRIKING OTHER MARKS, TWO SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1777, ONE APPARENTLY UNMARKED
Each with tapering square stem, the nozzles cast with stylized foliage, the stems with paterae and swags, on square feet chased with drapery and anthemion, each engraved with crest, marked on base and nozzle, the bases further engraved with numbers 'No. 1' to 'No. 10', with wood bases
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
The crest is that of Milnes for James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York.
FOUR WITH THE MARK OF ROBERT JONES AND JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, 1777, OVERSTRIKING OTHER MARKS, TWO MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, CIRCA 1777, OVERSTRIKING OTHER MARKS, TWO SHEFFIELD, CIRCA 1777, ONE APPARENTLY UNMARKED
Each with tapering square stem, the nozzles cast with stylized foliage, the stems with paterae and swags, on square feet chased with drapery and anthemion, each engraved with crest, marked on base and nozzle, the bases further engraved with numbers 'No. 1' to 'No. 10', with wood bases
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
The crest is that of Milnes for James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York.
Provenance
James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York and then by descent to his first cousin's son
Benjamin Gaskell (1781-1856), grandson of Milnes’ sister Mary (d.1780) and her husband Benjamin Gaskell, and then by descent to his son
James Milnes Gaskell (1810-1873), M.P. for Wenlock, Shropshire 1832-1868 and Lord of the Treasury 1841-1846, and then by descent.
Benjamin Gaskell (1781-1856), grandson of Milnes’ sister Mary (d.1780) and her husband Benjamin Gaskell, and then by descent to his son
James Milnes Gaskell (1810-1873), M.P. for Wenlock, Shropshire 1832-1868 and Lord of the Treasury 1841-1846, and then by descent.
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Giles Forster