Anthony Nelme (c.1660-1722) was the most prominent of the native English craftsmen to have an established practice before the arrival of the Huguenot silversmiths following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Commissions came from private clients, the government and the Royal Household including a pair of massive silver-gilt altar candlesticks for St. George's Chapel, Windsor in 1694. Although he was one the signatures of a petition in 1697 protesting that English silversmiths were making use of foreign craftsmen, it is ironic that much of his work, particularily that made during the early years of the 18th century show a strong French influence. An example of such pieces are a pair of ornate pilgrim bottles of 1715, applied with heavy strapwork, in the collection of The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth.