An 1865 Swedish silver chamberstick. The chamberstick (one of a pair, see # 256) is shaped like a scallop sea shell and is scalloped throughout the base. Its finger holder is curved to form the candle holder which has a detachable bobeche. The upper part of the candle holder and the bobeche flow into a curved octagonal shape. There is a full set of silver marks on the base of the chamberstick and on the detachable bobeche. The hallmarks are the Swedish Hallmark (three crowns in a cat’s paw), L5 for 1865 W for the city and FH for the maker Frans Holm who worked in Vadstena and used this hallmark from 1849 1882. The chamberstick is 14 cm long, 10.5 cm wide and 9.5 cm tall. It weighs 100 grams.
