A pair of George IV cast silver-gilt candlesticks

A pair of George IV cast silver-gilt candlesticks,

by Sebastian Crespell II, London 1824,

the columns modelled as Neptune holding coral mounted urn capitals, removable shell drip pans, on raised shaped bases with foliate scroll decoration, engraved with a crest and monogram, the underside of the base with a later presentation inscription 'The Gift of Mrs Elilz. Drew to Col C.K.K. Tynte Jan 3 Obt. 5 1856', height 18.5cm, approx. weight 27oz. (2)

Provenance:

A Private Collection.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Silver Sale, 25 April 2012, lot 1049.

A Private Collection.

Charles Kemeys Kemeys-Tynet (1822-1891) of Halswell, Somerset, Cefn Mably, County Glamorgan and Burleigh Hall, Leicestershire, was Colonel of the 1st Somerset Militia and married three times in 1848, 1873 and 1879.