The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 22
A VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
Estimate £80 - £120
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Description
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.