The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 21
A RARE VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
Estimate £80 - £120
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Description
A RARE VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
BY BARLOW, BIRMINGHAM, C.1850
with a push-up stump ejector and spring loaded candle grip within a cylindrical linear decorated stem, on a circular dish base, with scroll finger-handle, stamped 'J BARLOW'S PATENT' to the top of ejector
10.7cm high, 15.5cm diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 11, no. 12.