Description:One of a pair of silver candlesticks that belonged to the Whitby family.
Thomas Whitby (1531-1621) aquired Shugborough. His son John Whitby sold Shugborough to the Anson family in 1624 and purchased Haywood Abbey, Great Haywood. His great grandson, John Whitby J.P. purchased Oakedge, Colwich around 1750. His son Rev. Thomas Whitby sold Oakedge to Hon. Thomas Clifford and purchased Creswell Hall prior to his death in 1828.