A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CHAMBERSTICK AND FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER DRESSING TABLE CANDLESTICKS

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29.11.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 81 | A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CHAMBERSTICK AND FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER DRESSING TABLE CANDLESTICKS
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CHAMBERSTICK AND FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER DRESSING TABLE CANDLESTICKS

THE CHAMBERSTICK, MARK OF REBECCA EMES AND EDWARD BARNARD, LONDON, 1808; THE VICTORIAN CANDLESTICKS WITH MARK OF JOHN ROUND & SON, SHEFFIELD, 1877

The chamberstick shaped rectangular with gadrooned border, scroll handle and chained conical extinguisher, engraved with initials 'MD' below a marquess' coronet, marked on base, nozzle and extinguisher; Corinthian column candlesticks, on stepped square bases with foliate borders, with filled bases, marked on foot-rims and nozzles

5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high, and smaller

gross weight 49 oz. 18 dwt. (1,553 gr.)

The initials MD is for Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness of Ombersley (1764-1836). She was the daughter of Colonel the Honourable Martin Sandys (b.c.1729-1768). She married Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquees of Downshire (1750-1801) in 1786. She was created Lady Sandys, Baroness of Ombersley in 1802 with a special remainder to her second and successive sons.





Provenance

The chamberstick: Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness of Ombersley (1764-1836), then by descent to

Her second son Lt. Gen. Arthur Moyses William Hill, 2nd Lord Sandys, Baron of Ombersley (1792-1860), then by descent.
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