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Culture:English (probably)
Title:chamberstick
Date Made:1800-1820
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:base metal: brass, copper
Place Made:United Kingdom; England (probably)
Measurements:overall: 2 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 5 in.
Accession Number:  HD 2087
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Brass chamberstick with the candle holder in the center of a round, shallow saucer base with an incised line around the rim. The socket has a wide, flared flange or bobeche; over a molded band over a baluster turning over a short stem and a domed foot; and a ring handle with a round thumb plate held to the pan with three copper rivets. A chamberstick was designed to be easily moved from place to place, from which to light other candles or a fire. The scroll handle, which replaced the elongated carrying handle in the 1730s, made it easy and stable to carry; the width of the pan and low height of the shaft prevented it from overturning and starting a fire; and the dished base caught candle drippings. Chambersticks were often equipped with a conical extinguisher and a scissors-like snuffer.

Subjects:
Copper; Brass

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