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Two George III two-light candelabra
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Two George III two-light candelabra

MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD, LONDON, ONE CANDLESTICK, 1783, THE OTHER, 1786, THE BRANCHES, 1782

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Two George III two-light candelabra
Mark of John Scofield, London, one candlestick, 1783, the other, 1786, the branches, 1782
Each similar, partly fluted on spreading circular base, with beaded borders, with detachable foliate scroll branches, detachable partly fluted vase-shaped sockets, circular drip-pans and nozzles, the bases later engraved with two crests, marked on bases, branches, sockets, three drip-pans and two nozzles
16½in. (42cm.) high
78oz. (2,437gr.)
The crests are those of Lister and Cunliffe for Samuel Cunliffe-Lister (1815-1906), 1st Baron Masham, granted on 13 September 1894. He married on 6 September, 1854, Annie (d.1875), eldest daughter of John Dearden of Hollins Hall, Halifax. They had five daughters and two sons, the eldest of whom, Samuel, succeeded his father as 2nd Baron upon his death in 1906. (2)
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Samuel Cunliffe-Lister (1815-1906) was born at Calverly Hall, near Bradford, the fourth son in the large family of Ellis Cunliffe Lister-Kay (d.1854) and his second wife Mary, daughter of William Kay of Cottingham. The original family name was Cunliffe; the additional name of Lister was assumed by the will of a cousin, Samuel Lister of Manningham. Samuel began his career in textiles as a young age when his father built a worsted mill for him and his brother in 1837. His primary interests were invention and he was granted many engineering patents for engineering works such as combing and silk-spinning machines for increased productivity in the textile trade. By 1889 Lister's profit from patents, mills and a Yorkshire colliery was over £250,000 a year. He used part of his enormous wealth to purchase three adjoining estates in Yorkshire. He was a benefactor to Bradford, selling his Manningham Park to the city for a nominal sum to become Lister Park. He was created 1st Baron Masham on 15 July 1891. He died on at his home, Swindon Park, 2 February 1906 and was succeeded by his son, Samuel, as 2nd Baron Masham.