Pair of Chambersticks with Snuffers
date: label: Date
content: 1758
name: label: Maker
content: William Cafe, British
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Each with circular plate with upcurved edge and reeded rim. Scroll handle with thumb plate terminating in ribbed scroll. Handle fitted to hold plain conical extinguisher with reeded edge and baluster finial. Candle socket raised on baluster shaft, and with flanged nozzle permanently affixed. On saucer of each and on extinguisher of each is engraved an unidentified crest.
place: label: made in
content: London, England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cahn, Jr. in memory of Rosalie S. and William M. Cahn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-49-22-a/bb
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: chambersticks
label: Type
content: chambersticks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (chambersticks: a,b): 7.6 × 16.3 × 11.3 cm (3 in. × 6 7/16 in. × 4 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (snuffers: aa,bb): 9.4 × 4.6 × 3.5 cm (3 11/16 × 1 13/16 × 1 3/8 in.)