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THE PROPERTY OF THE 6TH EARL OF STRAFFORD'S WILL TRUST (LOTS 539-550)
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1729, BRITANNIA STANDARD

    Price Realised GBP 15,000
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    GBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000
    Closed: 16 Nov 2021
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    A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLESTICKS

    MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, 1729, BRITANNIA STANDARD

    Price Realised GBP 15,000
    Closed: 16 Nov 2021
    Price Realised GBP 15,000
    Closed: 16 Nov 2021
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    Each with square section base and knopped baluster stem below a vase-shaped nozzle, with gadrooned borders, shell and lattice engraving, later engraved with two crests with earl's coronet above, each with later associated drip pan, with mark of William Stroud, London 1804, marked to underneath
    61⁄4 in. (15.8 cm.) high
    31 oz. 17 dwt. (991.6 gr.)
    The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860).
    Provenance
    Almost certainly commissioned by Admiral John Byng (d.1757), by descent to
    John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B (1772-1860), by descent to,
    Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (1862-1951), of Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire.
    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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