10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAPERSTICK»
Discover the use of
taperstick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
taperstick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Archaeology of Contextual Meanings
An illustration of a typical table candlestick, showing all the parts. the table
candlestick, the candelabrum, the taperstick and the chamber candlestick. Of
these four, the table candlestick, the candelabrum and the taperstick all show
marked ...
2
Eighteenth-century English Porcelain in the Collection of ...
The back center of the inkstand features a taperstick in the form of a dolphin with
an incurved tail (fig. 77). Like other Worcester examples (fig. 79), the piece may
have been fitted with a detachable nozzle for the taper. Two quill holders flank
the ...
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Catherine Beth Lippert, 1987
3
Silver by Paul de Lamerie at the Sterling and Francine Clark ...
31. TAPERSTICK. LONDON, 1726 (inv. no. 306) H. 4" (10.2 cm); w. of base: 29/i6
" (6.5 cm); wt. 5 oz., 12 dwt. (174.2 gm). marks on bottom: no. 1, Br., l.h.e., L
provenance: sold London, Christie's, July 11, 1934, no. 59 (anon, sale); with
Crichton ...
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Beth S. Carver, Eileen M. Casey, 1978
4
Art of Glass: Glass in the Collection of the National ...
The diminutive counterpart to the candlestick, namely the taperstick, was
intended to hold a burning taper of sealing-wax, used to light candles or pipes
and perhaps even to infuse the stale air of a room with an agreeable fragrance.
Late in the ...
Geoffrey Robert Edwards, 1998
5
Compendium of Scottish Silver II
... crest of the Order of the Thistle (with 'Ls') and a later crest for the Earl of Carlisle
Taperstick, no details Taperstick, on square base, incurved corners, baluster
stem with detachable nozzle, with initial “H” and a ooronet, perhaps for Hopetoun
?, ...
Janice Dietert, Rodney Dietert, 2007
6
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
taperstick. 1277. dues usu. freed from the fat and gelatin and used as fertilizer
and feedstuff 3 : the act or process of putting or storing in tanks tan-kard \'tan-kard
\ n [ME] (14c) : a tall one-handled drinking vessel; esp : a silver or pewter mug
with ...
7
Making Fire & Light in the Home Pre-1820
Figure 231 is an English taperstick of great quality, made from brass, and the
stem shows the double seam of split casting. A modest 4% ins. high, this
diminutive taperstick was made to be positioned on bureaux and secretaires,
where its tiny ...
8
Small antique silverware
... stamped and chased, by Matthew Linwood, Birmingham, 181 8 iri 203 Inkstand
with cut-glass ink-pot and quill cleaner, with wafer box supporting taperstick and
extinguisher, by John Angell, 1827 ic2 204 Inkstand hand-raised from the plate, ...
George Bernard Hughes, 1957
9
Objects of Vertu, Continental and English Silver
352 VICTORIAN SILVER INKSTAND, Martin & Hall, London, 1868, of shaped
rectangular form raised on four scroll supports, the border chased with strapwork,
the center fitted with a conformingly chased taperstick with hexagonal base, ...
10
English silver at Williamsburg
Ltd., London (purchased from C. J. Vander Ltd., London, 1954) 1954-572 25
TAPERSTICK John Bignell London. 1725/26 Fully marked on underside of base.
Unidentified crest engraved on exterior of base. H: 4He" (10.3 cm); W (base): 2%"
...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, John D. Davis, 1976
