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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Lot 681 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA

MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, 1800

Closed2 December 2015

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GBP 110,500

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER FOUR-LIGHT CANDELABRA
MARK OF RICHARD COOKE, LONDON, 1800
Each on gadrooned circular base and with foliage cast tapering stem, with three scrolling branches each terminating in a baluster socket with detachable nozzles, with a further central socket with detachable finial, the bases engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé below a baron's coronet, the nozzles and wax pans engraved with a crest below a baron's coronet, marked on bases, nozzles, branches, sockets and wax pans, the sockets further engraved with numbers and scratchweights 'N.1 72"11' and 'N.2 74"6, the branches further with an indistinct number and scratchweight and 'N.2 97"7'
24 in. (61 cm.) high
338 oz. 2 dwt. (10,517 gr.)
The arms are those of Grey accolé with those of Grey impaling Grey of Southwick, for Charles, 1st Baron and later 1st Earl Grey (1729-1807) and his wife Elizabeth (1744–1822), daughter of George Grey of Southwick (1713–1746).

Charles, 1st Baron and later 1st Earl Grey (1729-1807) and his wife Elizabeth (1744–1822), daughter of George Grey of Southwick (1713–1746) and by descent to
Charles, 1st Earl Grey (1829-1807) and then by descent to
Lady Mary Grey (d.2002), daughter of the 5th Earl de Grey, wife of 1st Baron Howick of Glendale.
Lady Howick of Glendale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1973, lot 28 (£5,500 to Bloom).

Specialist note

Charles Grey was the fourth, but only surviving, son of Sir Henry Grey 1st Bt. (1691-1749) and as such he inherited his father's baronetcy and the estate of Howick, co. Northumberland. He had a distinguished career in the army and served as commanding officer during the First American War. Appointed a Major General in 1777, he became a Lieutenant General in 1782 and a General in 1796. He was created Baron Grey of Howick in 1801 and was later elevated as Viscount Howick and Earl Grey in 1806.