Robert Cooper London 1708 Silver chamberstick Queen Anne Britannia standard

Queen Anne Britannia standard silver chamberstick London 1708 Robert Cooper. The early form chamberstick on gadroon border base, broad drip pan with flat teardrop handle. Hallmarked with good clear full Britannia marks, nozzle also with Britannia standard mark. Base with scratch weight 6:7 and owners initials H*C engraved. length 7 inches. Height: 1/78 inches. Weight approximately 6.3 oz. Condition: Good clear hallmarks. Good colour and patina. Underside of handle has small impression dink. Reflections purely from photography only. Early examples of Silver chambersticks are now very hard to find. They were used for lighting the way to bed and because of the movement created when carried about, they had a large drip pan to catch the wax. The earliest examples have straight handles (first flat, then tubular) and then by a ring or flying handle in the first part of the 18th century. Provenance Thomas Lumley 1957 Dr. C.H. Lewis Toronto, Canada by descent Louis Wine Ltd Toronto 2024 Private Collection Ottawa 2024, Queen Anne Britannia standard silver chamberstick London 1708 Robert Cooper. The early form chamberstick on gadroon border base, broad drip pan with flat teardrop handle. Hallmarked with good clear full Britannia marks, nozzle also with Britannia standard mark. Base with scratch weight 6:7 and owners initials H*C engraved. length 7 inches. Height: 1/78 inches. Weight approximately 6.3 oz. Condition: Good clear hallmarks. Good colour and patina. Underside of handle has small impression dink. Reflections purely from photography only. Early examples of Silver chambersticks are now very hard to find. They were used for lighting the way to bed and because of the movement created when carried about, they had a large drip pan to catch the wax. The earliest examples have straight handles (first flat, then tubular) and then by a ring or flying handle in the first part of the 18th century. Provenance, Thomas Lumley 1957, Dr. C.H. Lewis Toronto, Canada by descent, Louis Wine Ltd Toronto 2024, Private Collection Ottawa 2024

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