Object Number 1965.1414

Object Name

Snuffer

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

J. Gilbert (Maker)

Place of Origin

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as Sheffield, England.

Date

1812-1848

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark ; Flattened wick box plate; "Gil / bert " in script stamped in a rectangle.
2. Mark ; Flattened wick box plate; A cross over an inverted triangle stamped in a rectangle.
3. Mark; Flattened wick box plate; "Gil / bert" in script stamped in a rectangle.

Materials

Close plate; Silverplate on iron

Dimensions (inches)

1.969 (H) , 9.843 (L) , 5.118 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5 (H) , 25 (L) , 13 (W)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Bradbury, Frederick. 1912 History of Old Sheffield Plate.
• Example of maker's mark on p. 448.