Three Worcester chambersticks, 19th century
Comprising a Flight, Barr and Barr example painted with a titled view of Malvern, the blue ground gilt with weed, 10.2cm diam, printed mark, a Chamberlain example with pink rose sprigs reserved on a blue enamel ground, 10cm diam, and a Kerr and Binns example in earlier Flight, Barr and Barr style, painted with panels of shells within a gilded border, 10.8cm diam, impressed mark (3)

The Flight, Barr and Barr example has a chip to the underside of the rim at the top of the painted panel. It is very shallow and about 0.8cm wide. There are some small patches of wear to the gadrooned highlights on the nozzle and the rim and a few tiny scratches to the painted panel. The Chamberlain example is in good condition save for a few tiny patches of wear to the gilded rim. Crazing on the underside has taken up a few patches of light brown staining. The Kerr and Binns example house a minute chip to the tip of the protruding cone designed to receive an extinguisher. The extinguisher is lacking and there are a few patches of light brown staining which have been taken up by fine surface crazing.