Details
Each formed as a fluted Corinthian column, on square bases with egg and dart borders and chased with acanthus and floral swags, engraved on the bases with a coat-of-arms in a rococo cartouche and later engraved with a crest within the Garter motto below a marquess' coronet, with removable square nozzles, weighted, marked and numbered 2 on bases, further numbered and engraved with weights on the bases, the nozzles variously marked
1312 in. (34.3 cm.) high
135 oz. 4 dwt. (4,205 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 November 2001, lot 60.
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The arms are those of Stewart, probably for Alexander Stewart Esq. (1699-1781), of Mount Stewart, co. Down and Ballylawn Castle, co. Donegal. He was M.P. for Londonderry and married Mary, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Cowan Kt., Governor of Bombay. His eldest son Robert was created 1st Marquess of Londonderry in 1816.

The later crest is that of Stewart for either Robert, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (1769-1822) or his half-brother Charles, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854).

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