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| DESCRIPTION | High quality antique English early Victorian solid sterling silver chamberstick with octafoil drip pan and conforming detachable sconce,
plain cylinder capital column and a conical snuffer with long silver chain. Fully hallmarked to base, snuffer and sconce. All over rococo cartouche engraved decoration with
blank cartouche to drip pan and snuffer and a wonderfully cast silver floral thumbpiece.
These chambersticks were designed to sit on your hall table waiting to light your way to bed. Only a little light would be required for this so these are smaller than the candlesticks of the period and most likely burnt tallow sticks. Tallow sticks were made by dipping wick into melted mutton fat, waiting a moment for it to solidify and then repeating until you had your desired diameter. They gave off less light than a wax candlestick but were much cheaper. So, you would go to bed by a gently flickering soft light encompassed in the aroma of roasting lamb. |
| SILVERSMITH | Edward, Edward junior, John & William Barnard |
| DATE or HALLMARK | 1841 |
| ASSAY OFFICE | London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS | 154 |
| SIZE | height to top of sconce 2", 48mm; width of drip pan (the base) 4 ¼", 105mm |
| SILVER STANDARD | ·925 sterling silver |
| CONDITION | excellent, micro bump to capital column and snuffer cone, hallmarks to snuffer part rubbed |
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| SOLD |
| Price £335 |
| item number m8599 |
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