Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 407
A REGENCY ORMOLU CHAMBERSTICK EARLY 19TH CENTURY the leaf shape drip-pan entwined with a serpent...
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1100
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Description
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.