Morgan Jones , of Kilwendeage. Owned the Skerries lighthouse. dsp Lot 377 Welsh Interest – A Victorian antique sterling silver twin handled tray, London 1878 by Walter & John Barnard Of oval form with cavetto edge and reeded rim, the twin reeded hanlded with acanthus junctions/ The field engraved with a coat of arms with mantling, a motto below `Pro Patrria et rege' all surmounted by a crest of a boars head erased in front of a dexter arm ebowed in armour brandishing a scimitar. Fully marked to the reverse, with numerals 314. Length – 69.5 cm / 27.25 inches Weight – 3286 grams / 105.65 ozt The crest is for Jones The arms and motto are for Jones those granted to Morgan Jones Esq (1787 – 1840). Son of Jacob Jones of Cilwendeg (Kilwendeage, alt) Pembrokeshire. In 1831 he was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire. His income from the Skerries lighthouse had been estimated at £20,000 a year. Died without issue. In 1841 Lighthouse purchase from family for £444,984/11/3d. About one third of this fortune is thought to have been invested for his sister Jane Martha Jones who lived at Cilwendeg until 1864 and the remainder to the family of the Rev. John Jones of Penylan who spent a lot on remodelling that house and puchasing Llanmiloe. Jane Martha Jones died and Cilwendeg inherited by Rev. John Jones' daughter Margaretta Sutton Jones (died 1885). In 1844 she marries Mark Anthony Saurin, youngest son of the bishop of Dromore. They purchased Orielton Orielton in 1857. He became high Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1867, he died 1885. It is unclear why the arms for Morgan Jones are found on a tray made some 38 years after his death with no male heirs. It is possible this tray was engraved to match armorials already found on the family silver or replace a damaged or lost original. Estimate: £2,000-£3,000
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