A pair of George III silver candelabra, Story & Elliott, London, 1813

The crest (a boar’s head erased) and earl’s coronet are those of Campbell for John Campbell, 4th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, a Scottish landowner and soldier. He was born on 30 March 1762, the son of Colin Campbell of Carwhin and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald Campbell of Stonefield. On 26 January 1782 he succeeded to the earldom of Breadalbane and Holland upon the death of his kinsman, John Campbell, 3rd Earl (1696-1782). He was married in 1793 to Mary Gavin (d. 1845), daughter of David Gavin of Langton House, Berwickshire. Lord Breadalbane was further elevated in 1831 as Earl of Ormelie and Marquess of Breadalbane. He died on 29 March 1834).

Story & Elliott

Joseph William Story (1781?-1864), a former apprentice of the smallworker Abstainando King (1764-1833), entered his first mark as a smallworker on 7 July 1803, giving his address as 4 Charterhouse Lane. His second mark was entered in partnership with William Elliott (1773-1855) on 6 October 1809 from their address, 25 Compton Street, Clerkenwell. Their partnership was dissolved in 1813.

While Story and his family eventually emigrated to Tasmania, Elliott remained at Compton Street for the remainder of his working life. During the 1820s and ‘30s he was principal manufacturing silversmith to the leading retail goldsmith and jeweller, Thomas Hamlet (1770?-1853).