A SET OF SIX GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MAKER'S MARK OF KIRKBY, WATERHOUSE & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1818

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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MAKER'S MARK OF KIRKBY, WATERHOUSE & CO., SHEFFIELD, 1818
EACH ON SHAPED CIRCULAR BASE, WITH BALUSTER STEM AND DETACHABLE SHAPED CIRCULAR NOZZLE, CHASED OVERALL WITH SHELLS, SCROLLS, FLOWERS, FOLIAGE AND WITH BEADED BORDERS, EACH ENGRAVED TWICE WITH A CREST WITH BARON'S CORONET ABOVE, MARKED ON BASES AND NOZZLES
10½IN. (27CM.) HIGH
THE CREST IS THAT OF STEWART FOR CHARLES WILLIAM, 1ST BARON STEWART (1778-1854). HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF ROBERT, 1ST MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY (1739-1821) AND HALF-BROTHER OF ROBERT, 2ND MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY (1769-1822). LORD STEWART INHERITED HIS HALF-BROTHER'S ESTATES AND TITLES ON THE LATTER'S DEATH IN 1822. HE WAS AN EMINENT SOLDIER AND DIPLOMAT AND FOUGHT WITH THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON DURING THE PENINSULA WAR. (6)