MAKER'S MARK UNIDENTIFIED I.B IN SHIELD, THE HAGUE, 1739

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(4) A pair of Dutch silver travelling chambersticks
Maker's mark unidentified I.B in shield, The Hague, 1739
Each of hemisphere form, the border with reeded rim, knobbed detachable stem, cylindrical socket with reeded rims, the base engraved with crowned coat-of-arms, marked on base
11.3 cm. diam.
510 gr.
The coat-of-arms is the van Balveren family. (4)

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Please note that the coat-of-arms is of the van Balveren family.

Lot Essay

Travelling candlesticks were made from the early 1740s. The early ones were formed as two hemispheres. Later in the 19th Century oval examples appeared with folding sockets and scroll handles. Another type is club-shaped. This pair is a good example of the earliest travelling chambersticks. Formed as two hemispheres, having candle sockets which can be unscrewed, laid loose on either side of the central boss and the other hemisphere inverted and screwed into the first.

For comparative literature:
Michael Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America, Suffolk, 1971, p.66, 67.

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