A GEORGE IV GOLD STAFF OF OFFICE HANDLE
A GEORGE IV GOLD STAFF OF OFFICE HANDLE

MAKER'S MARK JOHN NORTHAM, LONDON, 1820

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A GEORGE IV GOLD STAFF OF OFFICE HANDLE
MAKER'S MARK JOHN NORTHAM, LONDON, 1820
The pommel with crowned initials GR above a rose, thistle and shamrock, the sides chased with shells and rosettes within strapwork, the shaft fitted with a later faceted citrine seal later engraved with coat-of-arms, coronet and motto
4¼ in. (107 mm.) high
The arms are those of de Burgh accolé with de Burgh impaling Canning quartering others for Ulick, 14th Earl of Clanricarde (1802-1874), late 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, and his wife Harriet (1804-1876), daughter of George Canning (1770-1827), prime minister, whom he married in 1825.
Provenance
Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (1802-1874) and his wife The Hon. Hariett Marchioness of Clanricarde (1804-1876) and by discent to their son,
Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (1832-
1916), by whom bequeathed to his great-nephew,
Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947), and by descent at
Harewood House, Yorkshire.

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