Description:
Fused or Sheffield silver plate chamberstick with a short candle holder in the center of a round pan and a conical snuffer attached with a hook to the side of the candle shaft. The scrolled thumbpiece is engraved with a family crest with a rampant lion, and the interior is marked with a seven-rayed crown. 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 handles 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 Link to share this object record:
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