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| Antique Silver Basting spoons (Pair) - Elias Chadwick Pudleston Family Crest
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Reference: S1144
Period: William IV
Year: 1830
Silversmith: Jonathan Hayne
Place: London
Price: $ 920.00
Weight: 240 grams
Dimensions: 30cm
Condition: Excellent, no wear. Very slight kink in one stem.
Description: Pair of Old English serving spoons of good gauge, with a nice feel.They are perfect for use as heavy duty serving spoons. They have an interesting crest of a tulip in front of 2 crossed crosses, each cross arm bearing another cross. Hallmarks very clear. We have now identified the crest, described as "a white lily, stalked and leaved, surmounted by two crosses, crosslet, fitchedin saltier, the is the crest of Elias Chadwick of Pudleston Court, Leominster, the crest is depicted in the book "Fairbairn's Crests", plate 126a no 15, and described on page 102. The family motto is "In candore decus", translated "the beauty of whiteness". Elias Chadwick was a Lancashire coal baron, he bought Pudleston Court in 1845 and rebuilt the current castle like mansion (it was a hospital in WWII which hosted the vet and author James Herriot). Chadwick was a buisnessman (also involved in the local railways) and generous benefactor, his life took a turn for the worst in 1865 after his wife died and he was accused of "committing an unnatural offence of the gravest description" with the butler, he was released due to lack of evidence but later subject to blackmail attempts. A recent owner of Pudleston Court was Dutch supermarket baron Albert Heijn, who invested significantly in it's restoration. Today it operates as a luxury private estate with cottages to rent.
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Pair basting spoons
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Crest
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Hallmarks
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Pair on far left
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