A rare George III provincial silver tontine chamberstick and snuffer,

A rare George III provincial silver tontine chamberstick and snuffer,
by Hampston and Prince, York 1793, also with the town mark,
circular form, reeded borders, the handle with a crested thumbpiece, the underside engraved with the names of the subscribers in the tontine and their dates of death. 'The Rev Tho. Lamplugh ob 28 Feb 1778 AE 55, Wm Fenton ob 16 Octr 1774 AE 55, Katherine Nelthorp ob 13 Jan 1771 AE 80, J. Hasland ob 7 Jan 1772, Ann Saunders ob 2 Jan1 1775 AE 83, Hon. Waite ob 25 Dec 1780 AE 70, Bacon Morritt ob 28 Nov 1775 AE 80, Ann Sargeant ob 20 June 1778 AE 52, James Rowe ob 21 June 1777 AE 72, Anna Buckley ob 29 June 1774 AE 53, C. Allison ob 17 Sept 1775 AE 54, Christr Fell ob 16 April 1771 AE 55', the snuffer of conical form, diameter 14cm, approx. weight 10.6oz.

Provenance: The Michael Baggott Collection.