Chamber candlestick and a snuffer

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A chamber candlestick was designed to be carried easily to a bedchamber. This silver example with conical snuffer was made by Glasgow silversmith Robert Gray & Sons in 1809-10.

The chamber candlestick has a hemispherical pan set on a square foot. In the centre of the pan is a circular sconce. The conical snuffer is attached by a chain to the candlestick handle.

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• Online ID: 000-100-001-230-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.MEQ 1609
• Date: 1809 - 1810
  1809-10
  
• Material: Silver; wooden inset. Inscription: On rim: RG [above] &S; castle; thistle; [date letter]; King's head [r, in a 3-lobed punch]
  Candlestick, chamber
  
• Dimensions: 115 mm max H; H (incl extinguisher) 165 mm; 144 mm pan D; 82 mm
  
• What: Candlestick, chamber
  
• Subject: Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: His Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
  Robert Gray and Sons, Glasgow (Silversmith)
  
• Where: Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow
  Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
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• Description: Silver chamber candlestick with a hemispherical pan set on a square foot, a circular central sconce and a conical extinguisher, by Robert Gray and Sons, Glasgow, 1809 - 1810
  
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