Old London silver, its history, its makers and its marks (1903)
Howard, Montague · New York, Scribner · leaf 192
CANDLESTICKS 153 Small candlesticks for holding tapers for sealing, and clipcandlesticks for holding a coiled taper for the same purpose,were made as early as the Queen Anne period. … No. 108 (1819) Hand or chamber candlesticks are frequently met with.No. 108 shows a good example, with the extinguisher on thehandle and the snuffers in an opening in the stem. It isseldom that they are found complete, as the snuffers havegenerally been lost. Many chamber candlesticks can befound…
Plate · Silverwork · Hallmarks
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