A BRASS NIGHT LAMP CHAMBERSTICK

A BRASS NIGHT LAMP CHAMBERSTICK

BY GARDNER (FL.1793-1879), LONDON, C.1850

lacking burner, with an applied brass plaque inscribed 'GARDNER MANUFACTURERS 53 & 63 STRAND LONDON' ; together with a Willliam IV brass chamberstick, probably by Falk & Stadleman, C.1830, with patent twist open-work candle-gripper, on a dish with a hoop handle and prominent oval thumbrest, the candle-gripper extensively stamped, including 'ENGL LETTERS PAT 6851/03', and a further 19th century sheet-brass chamberstick, English, the flared socket with a twist candle-gripper, on a decorative circular base designed with masks and foliage, loop finger holder (3)

16.5cm diameter (max)

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600 - c.1900' (2001), p.39, no. 55, for first item.