Monday 19 September 2016 | 10:00 | Lots: 554

Monday 19 September 2016 | 10:00 | Lots: 554

Lot 10

Lot 10

A George III small silver chamberstick, the crested circular pan rising to a cylindrical stem...

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Lot 10

Lot Description

A George III small silver chamberstick, the crested circular pan rising to a cylindrical stem with fixed nozzle and a conical shape extinguisher on suspension chain, the circular loop handle with flat oval thumb-rest, and the whole having reeded borders throughout. Hallmarked John Emes, London 1799. Diameter of pan measures 3 1/2 inches (9 cm), height to nozzle measures 2 1/8 inches (5.5 cm), gross weight 2.64 ozt (82.2 grams).  

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The chamber stick displays some general wear, tarnishing, surface marks and scratches commensurate with the age and use. Minor surface dints/bumps, including around the nozzle and the rim of the extinguisher. The crest is quite worn with considerable loss of detail. Hallmarked to the underside of the pan and also to the extinguisher, some marks are quite rubbed but mostly legible. Chain appears unhallmarked.

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