Candle snuffer
John Quantock
Category
Silver
Date
1754 - 1755
Materials
Silver
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 935883
Summary
Snuffer tray and pair of snuffers, by John Quantock, 1754/55, part of Lady Mary Booth's toilet service. The snuffer scissors are cast and have an oval-shaped box. The shaped and scalloped tray is cast, has four applied cast feet and a squared C-shaped cast handle. The pieces [with the candlesticks, DUN/S/339] are similarly engraved with interlaced strapwork, shells and masks, with armorials on each... This [with the candlesticks] is the only set of matching lighting equipment surviving at Dunham. Its octagonal shape suggests that it was probably supplied as a bespoke order from the specialist candle-stick maker John Quantock and engraved to be almost en-suite with the rest of the toilet service (Lomax & Rothwell, 'Country House Silver from Dunham Massey', 2006, p. 144).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976). Christie's 20 April 1921, ...lot 4..; bought by the Earl of Stamford via Willson [presumably an agent acting for the Earl] (Lomax & Rothwell, 'Country House Silver from Dunham Massey', 2006, p. 144).
Makers and roles
John Quantock, silversmith