17 French 18th Century Brass Chamberstick

An early 18th century French brass chamberstick circa 1720-1740. The chamberstick has a swirl rim with molded detail on the socket. The thumb grip is decorated with anthemion (palmette) detail and its underside is marked with an “A”. The candle holder socket is seamed and it screws onto the base on a coarse hand cut screw thread. The chamberstick is 5cms tall by 8.2 cms wide, and 13.7 cms long to the edge of the handle. It weighs 130 gms.