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MARK OF DANIEL SMITH AND ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1787
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A pair of George III silver candlesticks
Mark of Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, London, 1787
Each octagonal and on conforming foot, with reeded borders, urn-shaped sockets, and detachable octagonal nozzles, the bases engraved with a coat-of-arms, the nozzles engraved with a crest, each marked on base and nozzle
11¼in. (28.5cm.) high
36oz. (1,136gr.)
The arms are those of Cumberland impaling Hobart for Richard Cumberland, son of the playwright Richard Cumberland (1732-1811), and Albinia Hobart (1759-1853), daughter of the Hon. George Hobart who became in 1793 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire. They married on 14 July 1784. (2)
Mark of Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp, London, 1787
Each octagonal and on conforming foot, with reeded borders, urn-shaped sockets, and detachable octagonal nozzles, the bases engraved with a coat-of-arms, the nozzles engraved with a crest, each marked on base and nozzle
11¼in. (28.5cm.) high
36oz. (1,136gr.)
The arms are those of Cumberland impaling Hobart for Richard Cumberland, son of the playwright Richard Cumberland (1732-1811), and Albinia Hobart (1759-1853), daughter of the Hon. George Hobart who became in 1793 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire. They married on 14 July 1784. (2)
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