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Antique George III Silver Chamberstick London 1801 Maker Richard Crossley
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Antique George III Silver Chamberstick London 1801 Maker Richard Crossley
Price: GB $271.53
Antique George III Silver ChamberstickLondon 1801Maker Richard Crossley
An elegant antique sterling silver chamber stick with plain classic styling, straight gadroon borders and plain squared handle. To the front there is a hand engraved crest of a lion. The conical snuffer has a plain border. Both pieces have a good antique colour and are of very heavy quality.
Weight 257 grams, 8.2 troy ounces.Height 10 cms. Diameter 13.5 cms. Spread across handle 16 cms.
The chamberstick pan has a full set of English silver hallmarks underneath for London 1801. The marks are lion passant, leopards head for London, date letter “F” for 1801 and King George’s head. Maker’s mark “RC” for Richard Crossley.
The snuffer marks are rubbed. They are King George’s head, lion passant and date letter “r” for 1792.Underneath the hallmarks is the remains of the maker’s mark “?C” which likely to be Richard Crossley.
Literature. Chambersticks first made an appearance in the 17th century and early examples are now very hard to find. Originally they were made in sets as a household would need many chambersticks. They were used for lighting the way to bed and because of the movement created when they were carried about they needed a large drip pan to catch the wax. The earliest examples have straight handles (first flat, then tubular) which were superceded in the first part of the 18th century by a ring handle. Gradually the design evolved and from the mid 18th century onwards they usually had a matching conical snuffer although from about 1790 onwards some were made with an aperture at the base of the stem to take a pair of scissor snuffers.
Condition - This attractive silver chamber candlestick is in very good condition with no damage or restoration. Both pieces look well together. The pan has a full set of clear English silver hallmarks, the snuffer is part marked (rubbed). There is a minor loss of definition to the engraved crest on the pan. Although the candle nozzle is missing the chamberstick is fully functional without it.
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On 26-Aug-15 at 09:51:14 BST, seller added the following information:

The chamberstick was made by Richard Cooke and not Richard Crossley as currently described in the title and description. The mark Cooke first enteredin Londonin 1799 has the dot and a cartouche formed of joined ovals. As there are already offers on this item, will not allow us tochange the text of the listing. We can onlyadd this note to the bottom of the

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