A VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK

A VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK

BY J M HASTINGS, BIRMINGHAM, C.1850-60

having a tulip-shaped socket with wide flared sconce, centred by a 'save-all', the cylindrical extending stem with a plaque inscribed 'MOFFAT'S PATENT J M HASTINGS MANUFACTURERS 26 COLESHILL ST BIRMINGHAM', on a dished circular base, the scroll finger-handle attached by copper rivets

9cm high (closed), 12.5cm diameter

Literature

See Shire Album, 311, 'Brass and Brassware', p.19 for a similar chamberstick with applied maker's plaque.