
Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
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Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Provenance
From The Silver Collection of Dr Andrew J Rainey
These are the arms and crest of Joseph SYKES (1723-1805) iron merchant of Kingston upon Hull who later settled at Ela near Kingston upon Hull, The son of Richard SYKES (1678-1726) of Kingston upon Hull by his second wife Martha DONKIN (died 1726).
He married in 1754 Martha Dorothy TWIGGE (1718-1796) of Holme Hall Bakewell Derbyshire. The SYKES family settled in Hull in the late sixteenth century but originate from Dyke near Carlisle in Cumberland.