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MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1746
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A SET OF SIX GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1746
Each baluster form with partly-fluted stem on square base and with gadrooned borders, the spool-shaped socket with detachable plain circular nozzle, the base engraved with shells and foliage at the angles, and later engraved with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, each marked under base, also engraved with scratchweights '19*14'; '19=14'; '20=13'; '20=12'; '19=11'; '20=0'
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
116 oz. (3,616 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860). (6)
MARK OF EDWARD FELINE, LONDON, 1746
Each baluster form with partly-fluted stem on square base and with gadrooned borders, the spool-shaped socket with detachable plain circular nozzle, the base engraved with shells and foliage at the angles, and later engraved with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, each marked under base, also engraved with scratchweights '19*14'; '19=14'; '20=13'; '20=12'; '19=11'; '20=0'
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
116 oz. (3,616 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860). (6)
Provenance
Almost certainly commissioned by Admiral John Byng (d.1757) and by descent to
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
Literature
Inventory of Plate and Jewels belonging to George Byng, July 1847, Messrs Garrard & Co., Panton Street, Haymarket, London, part of '12 square foot gad flat chasing [candlesticks] oz. 228 '.
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