A pair of George II cast silver candlesticks, A pair of George II cast silver candlesticks, by William Cafe, London 1759, each with a beaded and waisted capital, leading to a knopped stem, on a conforming hexafoil foot, with personal engraving and the Arms of Moseley with the Secondary Arms of St John's College, Cambridge, 23.5cm high, together with a pair of associated drip trays, unmarked, test as silver, with similar engraving, 4cm high candlesticks 41.74ozt overall including drip trays 46ozt (4) Given the evidence of the inscription of 'Ex dono Gui(?) Moseley Armi[ger] De Owsden Com Suffolk', this pair of candlesticks was undoubtedly a gift from William Moseley (born c.1736, died 17 February 1785), of Owsden Hall and Fornham All Saints in the County of Suffolk, to his old college at Cambridge with the inscription 'Coll Divi Joan' [St John's College]. William entered St John's College as a Fellow Commoner on 27 May 1755 at the age of nineteen. He was the eldest son of Thomas Moseley, of Owsden aforesaid, and his wife and cousin, Sarah Goodday. William married Elizabeth Cocksedge (born c.1745, died 5 July 1802) at the Parish Church of All Saints, Drinkstone, in the County of Suffolk, on 13 September 1763. Elizabeth was the daughter of Abraham Cocksedge, of Drinkstone aforesaid, and his wife, Bridgett (...). William eventually inherited his mother's family estate of Fornham All Saints. Condition Report: Surface scratches throughout commensurate with age. Minor dents and residue wax to the sockets. The ends of the drip trays are bent and misshaped.