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LONDON, 1759, MAKER'S MARK I*P WITH PELLET BETWEEN, PROBABLY FOR JOHN PERRY, THE NOZZLES BY ANOTHER MAKER, POSSIBLY T*T OVERSTRIKING ANOTHER
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS
LONDON, 1759, MAKER'S MARK I*P WITH PELLET BETWEEN, PROBABLY FOR JOHN PERRY, THE NOZZLES BY ANOTHER MAKER, POSSIBLY T*T OVERSTRIKING ANOTHER
Each of baluster form with part spirally-fluted stem on square base, with gadrooned and fluted borders, the base cast and chased with shells and scrolls, the spool-shaped socket with detachable square nozzle, the sockets each engraved with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, each marked on base and nozzle
10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) high
49 oz. (1,544 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) (2)
LONDON, 1759, MAKER'S MARK I*P WITH PELLET BETWEEN, PROBABLY FOR JOHN PERRY, THE NOZZLES BY ANOTHER MAKER, POSSIBLY T*T OVERSTRIKING ANOTHER
Each of baluster form with part spirally-fluted stem on square base, with gadrooned and fluted borders, the base cast and chased with shells and scrolls, the spool-shaped socket with detachable square nozzle, the sockets each engraved with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, each marked on base and nozzle
10 7/8 in. (27.5 cm.) high
49 oz. (1,544 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847) and then by descent to his brother,
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 'Four Chasd candks w[ith] gadroon oz. 99:10 '.
Special notice
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