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Property from T.R.H. The Dukes of Gloucester
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1750
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1750
The square bases with baluster stems, spool shaped sockets and detachable nozzles, with gadrooned borders, engraved on bases with a coat-of-arms, the nozzles with a crest, marked underneath and on nozzles, numbered and with scratchweights 'No 1 32=7'; 'No 2 33=13'; 'No 3 33=1' and 'No 4 33=0'
10 ½ in. (27 cm.) high
gross weight 130 oz. (4,045 gr.)
The arms are those of Rhudde impaling Shergold for the Reverend Durand Rhudde (Rudd) (1734-1760) and his wife Mary Shergold, whom he married at St. Bartholomew's Exchange London in 1760, where he was curate. He later became Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George III and was rector of East Bergholt, Suffolk. His granddaughter Maria Bicknell married the artist John Constable despite the Reverend Rhudde being opposed to the match.
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1750
The square bases with baluster stems, spool shaped sockets and detachable nozzles, with gadrooned borders, engraved on bases with a coat-of-arms, the nozzles with a crest, marked underneath and on nozzles, numbered and with scratchweights 'No 1 32=7'; 'No 2 33=13'; 'No 3 33=1' and 'No 4 33=0'
10 ½ in. (27 cm.) high
gross weight 130 oz. (4,045 gr.)
The arms are those of Rhudde impaling Shergold for the Reverend Durand Rhudde (Rudd) (1734-1760) and his wife Mary Shergold, whom he married at St. Bartholomew's Exchange London in 1760, where he was curate. He later became Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King George III and was rector of East Bergholt, Suffolk. His granddaughter Maria Bicknell married the artist John Constable despite the Reverend Rhudde being opposed to the match.
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