A Pair of Regency Silver Three-Light Candelabra and a Matching Pair of George IV Silver Candlesticks, John Green & Co., Sheffield, 1817 and 1822

The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Eaton Square and Turville Grange, sold;

Christie's, London, 15 April 2021, lot 82;

Where acquired by the present collector.

The arms are those of Hodson impaling Woodcock quartering another, for John Hodson M.P. (1758-1828), of North Hall, Worthington and Ellerbeck, co. Lancaster and his wife Ellen (d. 1829), daughter of John Woodcock of Newburgh House, Ormskirk, whom he married in 1798. Their nephew and heir Richard Cardwell raised a monument in their memory in St. Wilfrid’s Church, Standish.

The later crest is that of Smyth of Heath Hall, Yorkshire.