Article: Arts Minister places temporary export bar on a pair of silver wall sconces with the mark of Thomas Corbett, 1701.

M2 PRESSWIRE-18 February 2003-UK Government: Arts Minister places temporary export bar on a pair of silver wall sconces with the mark of Thomas Corbett, 1701(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Minister of State for the Arts, Tessa Blackstone, has placed a temporary bar on the export of a pair of William III silver wall sconces, both bearing the maker's mark of Thomas Corbett, which were originally supplied to Hugh, 2nd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1663-1730), of Ugbrooke Park, Devon. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the sconces in the United Kingdom.

The Minister's ruling follows a recommendation by the ...

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