A Pair Of Cast Sterling Silver Regency Candlesticks Sheffield 1827

Description

Heading : A Pair Of Cast Sterling Silver Regency Candlesticks 1827
Date : Hallmarked in 1827 for Thomes. James & Nathaniel Creswick
Period : Regency – George IV
Origin : Sheffield. Yorkshire. England
Decoration : Reeded capitals to both which contain hallmarked. removable sconces with a petal design around the aperture; the reeded. inverted baluster stems are decorated with acorns and oak-leaves. other floral motifs. and rouched swags. The shoulders of the bases are left as plain reserves above scrolling. foliate rims; these reserves feature an engraved heraldic device – a single instance on each candlestick – which is a pheon (an inverted. barbed arrow with a hollow socket tang) over a torse (see below).
Size :  Height 24.9 cm. base 13.6 diameter cm
Condition : Excellent; a few very small dings to the flat areas on the base shoulders
Restoration : Re-felted bases
Weight :  1497 grams

Notes : The heradic device signifies the Sidney family. estate holders at Penshurst Place – barely half a dozen miles from our base on The Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells; the Sidney’s are a noble family. bearing the title of the Earls of Leicester for seven generations throughout the 16th. 17th and 18th centuries. A forebear. Sir William Sidney was a notable military commander under Henry VIII and lead part of the English army at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. at which the Scots were defeated and their king – James IV – became the last monarch to die on a British battlefield. The pub in the centre of Penshurst village – the Leicester Arms – displays a ‘pheon’ as its sign. as shown in our images