(Silver & Objects of Vertu, 24th August 2020) An early Victorian sterling silver snuffers tray, Sheffield 1837 by Henry Wilkinson & Co An early Victorian sterling silver snuffers tray, Sheffield 1837 by Henry Wilkinson & Co of shaped form with rocaille C scroll rim, the centre with engraved sprays of lilies, centred with a crest of on a mount vert, a wolf's head erased, between two branches of palm, below the motto Nomen extendere factis. Fully marked to the reverse. Length – 24 cm / 9.5 inches Weight – 190 grams / 6.11 ozt The crest and motto are for Neeld For Sir John Neeld, 1st Baronet (1805–1891) who was MP for Cricklade between 1835 and 1859, and Chippenham, Wiltshire between 1865 and 1868. In 1845 married Lady Eliza Harriet Dickson (d.1901), setting up home in London. The same year he was appointed to the office of Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Victoria, for which service he was created 1st Baronet Neeld and became entitled to the style "Sir John Neeld" on 20 April 1859. In 1856 upon the death of his older brother he inherited the estate of Grittleton House, Wiltshire.
(Silver & Objects of Vertu, 24th August 2020) An early Victorian sterling silver snuffers tray, Sheffield 1837 by Henry Wilkinson & Co An early Victorian sterling silver snuffers tray, Sheffield 1837 by Henry Wilkinson & Co of shaped form with rocaille C scroll rim, the centre with engraved sprays of lilies, centred with a crest of on a mount vert, a wolf's head erased, between two branches of palm, below the motto Nomen extendere factis. Fully marked to the reverse. Length – 24 cm / 9.5 inches Weight – 190 grams / 6.11 ozt The crest and motto are for Neeld For Sir John Neeld, 1st Baronet (1805–1891) who was MP for Cricklade between 1835 and 1859, and Chippenham, Wiltshire between 1865 and 1868. In 1845 married Lady Eliza Harriet Dickson (d.1901), setting up home in London. The same year he was appointed to the office of Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Victoria, for which service he was created 1st Baronet Neeld and became entitled to the style "Sir John Neeld" on 20 April 1859. In 1856 upon the death of his older brother he inherited the estate of Grittleton House, Wiltshire.
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