13th Sep, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
The Swinton Sale
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A Pair of William IV Silver Four-Light Candelabra
by John Houle, London, 1831, One Nozzle by James Parkes, London, 1902
in the George II rococo-style, each on rocaille-cast base and with tapering foliage and flower-cast stem, terminating in baluster socket with integral wax-pan, the detachable branches with three scrolling foliage-cast branches, each terminating in a cast female bust which supports the baluster socket, with detachable foliage and flower-cast wax-pan, the base later engraved with the crests of Cunliffe and Lister and a baron's coronet, the edge of the base later engraved with an inscription
the candlesticks 36.5cm high, 56cm total height, total weight 296oz 13dwt, 9,227gr (2)
Provenance:
Purportedly owned by Sir Robert Peel, Bt.
Perhaps by descent at Drayton Manor, Tamworth, Staffordshire.
Possibly, Robinson, Fisher and Harding, The Peel Heirlooms removed from Drayton Manor, 10 and 11 May 1900 or 8 August 1918.
The inscription on the base reads 'Formerly the property of Sir Robert Peel Bart. Prime Minister of England'.
The coronet and crests relate to one of the children of Samuel Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906). On his death in 1906 he was succeeded first by his eldest son Samuel as 2nd Baron Masham. He was to die unmarried in 1917 so the title passed to his brother John who became 3rd Baron Masham.
Sold for £11,000
Estimated at £7,000 - £10,000
Each fully marked on base and branches. Further part marked on each detachable nozzle and each detachable socket. There is some wear to the marks but each is legible. There is some overall surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. There is some bruising to the branches and nozzles. One wax-pan is damaged below the socket. Some pitting and would benefit from cleaning.
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Auction: The Swinton Sale, 13th Sep, 2024
THE SELECTED CONTENTS OF DYKES HILL HOUSE, MASHAM, NORTH YORKSHIRE, FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF THE 2nd EARL AND COUNTESS OF SWINTON AND SOLD ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE 4th EARL AND FAMILY AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE LORD SWINTON WILL TRUST
The Swinton Sale, will include a selection of fine English and Continental Furniture, Paintings, Sculpture, Chinese Works of Art, Silver, Meissen, Sèvres, Books and Objets d’Art from one of Yorkshire’s most important landed estates.
The Swinton Estate which spans approximately 20,000 acres encompasses some of the most beautiful landscape in North Yorkshire and has been in the ownership of the Cunliffe-Lister family since the 1880s. Dykes Hill House, close to Swinton Park, became the family seat and home to the 2nd Earl and Lady Masham following a life changing injury when she was thrown from her horse shortly before their wedding in 1959, causing her to be paralysed from the waist down.
The 2nd Earl died in 2006 and his widow Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton, DL, continued to lead a full life as a British crossbench member of the House of Lords. Amongst her many achievements, she was a former Paralympic athlete and was also the founder and lifelong President of the Spinal Injuries Association. She died on 12th March 2023.
Whilst a number of the chattels have been retained by the family, the remaining contents of Dykes Hill House provide a rare glimpse of what epitomises the quintessential taste of the English aristocracy.
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