Candlestick
Ebenezer Coker (d.1783)
Category
Silver
Date
1772
Materials
Silver
Measurements
273 mm (H)
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151569.1
Summary
One of a set of four George III table candlesticks, on cusped and domed circular bases with ovolo borders and a band of chased shells and panels of blossom below a band of reeding, the baluster stem with one knop rising from foliate bases and chased with panels of scalework on a matted ground, the vase- shaped sockets with panels of blossom and fluting; detachable nozzles with guilloche rims. Engraved on the bases with the arms of Yorke impaling Cust. Ebenezer Coker, 1772.
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Makers and roles
Ebenezer Coker (d.1783), silversmith