A set of four George III silver candlesticks, Thomas Heming, London, 1762

shaped circular bases engraved with a coat-of-arms, the undersides numbered '1, 2, 3' and '4', and engraved with scratch weights '40=16', '40=16', '40=18', '41=0' respectively, detachable nozzles engraved with a crest

Good, heavy sticks with only minor wear overall to highlights. Bases of two very, very slightly bent (hardly noticeable); marks on underside of one (crowned leopard’s head, passant and maker's mark) appear to have been partly flooded
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The arms are those of Hodgson impaling Howard quartering Brotherton, Warren and Mowbray for Colonel (later Field Marshal) Studholme Hodgson (1708-1798), who began his military career in 1728. He served under the Duke of Cumberland at the Battles of Fontenoy (1745) and Culloden (1746) but is best remembered for his part as a Lieutenant General in 1761 in the campaign to capture the Belle Île off the coast of Brittany. He married Catherine, daughter of Lieutenant General  the Hon. Thomas Howard and his wife (née Morton).  Hodgson’s portrait was painted by George Romney.

Two of this set of four sticks were sold at Sotheby's, London, on 4 May 1978, lot 30