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Chamberstick

England

1790-1830

Measurements

4-5/8 in x 6-1/2 in x 5-7/8 in

Materials

Brass, copper (rivets), iron

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3740

Condition Notes

The pan has several tears, one of which have has carefully repaired and the others soldered.  The circular stepped base of the shaft has been resoldered to pan.  The side ejector is missing.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The chamberstick has a cylindrical shaft made of rolled brass and decorated with two clusters of scored lines.  It has a wide, overhanging drip pan, and it stands on a stepped base attached to a rectangular pan with rounded corners.  The sheet-metal pan has shallow canted sides that roll round an iron wire core at the top. A cast handle with thumbpiece is attached with two copper rivets to the middle of one long side.  A rectangular hole in the thumbpiece tip suggests that the chamberstick may once have had an extinguisher or douter.