A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER WAX JACK

A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER WAX JACKMAKER'S MARK BS, CIRCA 1790The scroll scissor-action holder with a divided circular pan and engraved with a crest, a part screw-threaded column and a circular base engraved with a crest and a chased foliate swag and C-scroll band14cm (5 1/2in) high248g (7.95 oz)Provenance: The executor's of the late Derek StraussThis is the crest associated with the arms of the COCKBURN family who were Baronets of Langton, Berwickshire. At the time of assay the owner of the arms was Sir James COCKBURN (1729-1804) 8th Baronet the son of Sir Alexander COCKBURN (1710-1739) 6th Baronet by Mary ANCRUM. He married twice: Firstly in 1755 Mary DOUGLAS (died 1766) daughter of Henry DOUGLAS of Friarshaw; Secondly in 1769 Augusta Anne ASYCOUGH daughter of Francis ASYCOUGH (1701-1763) Dean of Bristol and tutor to George III, by Anne LYTTLETON. Sir James was MP for Linlithgow 1772-84 and a director of the East India Company. Notably he had four sons: Sir James COCKBURN (1771-1852) 9th Baronet; Sir George COCKBURN 10th Baronet (1772-1853); Sir William COCKBURN 11th Baronet (1773-1858); Alexander COCKBURN (1776-1852).