A REGENCY ORMOLU CHAMBERSTICK EARLY 19TH CENTURY the leaf shape drip-pan entwined with a serpent...

A REGENCY ORMOLU CHAMBERSTICK

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the leaf shape drip-pan entwined with a serpent forming a handle, the nozzle in the form of a flower bud

17.7cm long

CATALOGUE NOTE

The design of this chamberstick can be attributed to the goldsmith Lewis Landfrede, who first entered his mark on the 21st February 1801. For a similar example, see the Victoria and Albert Museum, ref. M.10-1989.

LITERATURE

Timothy Schroder, National Trust Book of English Domestic Silver, 1500-1900, p.257 where a similar chamberstick in silver-gilt is illustrated from the collection at Attingham Park, Shropshire.