15929969460001312637261000Standard Recordobject-119272170249436131915948506790001702494121150fitz-onlineadlib-object-119272https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119272bfdcbc75-e2ad-3037-9de3-9e94a41b82a07referenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverreferenceterm-125997adlib-term-1259974a0212c6-7426-312e-80d1-910bfc0b898fgilt (gold)SurfaceApplied Artssilver-gilt cigar lighter in the shape of an Antique lampSilver-gilt; the heavy gauge of metal with embossed, chased and cast ornament. Standing on a low circular foot, the lower part of the body is decorated with two bands of gadroons, one radiating from the foot, the other just beneath the shoulder. The flat circular top has a rope border round the mouth, then borders of vines, beads and gadroons. The circular dished pull-off lid has a separate cover of acanthus foliage, which radiates from the cone-shaped finial, both of which are attached to the lid by means of a nut (replacement for the original). The handle is cast in the shape of a serpent, which is reeded and crossed by five girdles. It terminates in a scaly loop. A chain is attached to the top of the serpent's head and the top of the finial.M.4-19891accession numberM.4-1989119272priref119272urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119272https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119272'DS' over 'BS'on the underside of the basestruckmaker's marklion passanton the underside of both the base and the lidstruckhallmarkleopard's head crownedon the underside of the basestruckhallmarkon the underside of the basestruckHhallmarkmonarch's headon the underside of the basestruckhallmarkreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Rylands Fundreferenceagent-180044adlib-agent-180044f42bfd5a-50bb-3213-a7f1-7c3f2fad4e88E. & C. Koopman & Son Ltd.198919891989-07-24boughtEntry date: 1989-07-2418031803CE18031803180411804CE18041804silversmithreferenceagent-181308adlib-agent-18130800548811-c106-3870-a646-636256dce6f6Scott, Digby, silversmithsilversmithreferenceagent-181306adlib-agent-1813066ab5636d-ef0a-3302-a892-ffe2741f9b90Smith, Benjamin II, silversmithBenjamin Smith II and Digby Scott registered their mark in 1802, from an address in Limekiln Lane, Greenwich.referenceterm-106498adlib-term-106498272179a1-524b-3f36-aab7-bf342ce484d619th Century, Early#referenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryLondonreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverHeightcm16.5Heightin6½Weightg290Weightoz : dwt10 : 10Widthcm15.1Widthin6referencemedia-146462adlib-media-146462a8b125de-d6df-3bd9-8414-80e7747a5520jpegaa/aa20/M_4_1989.jpg1heightpixels543widthpixels76016162712024071imagejpegaa/aa20/mid_M_4_1989.jpg1heightpixels357widthpixels50016162712024071imagejpegaa/aa20/M_4_1989.jpg1heightpixels543widthpixels76016162712024071imagejpegaa/aa20/preview_M_4_1989.jpg1heightpixels179widthpixels25016162712024071image0media
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imagereferenceterm-126245adlib-term-1262451796a27a-e92b-3744-b4ce-51313e5e54e5cigar lightersmoker's companionlighterhistory noteunknown before E. & C. Koopman & Son Ltd., Londonreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-5469adlib-publication-5469bb70c233-c320-3e91-a64d-92aed82f2cc8The Annual Reports of the syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the year ending 31 December 1987Cf. p. 155, lot 450, a gilt-bronze cigar-lighter of almost similar design, attributed to Benjamin Smith, c. 1806. The text mentions a silver example hallmarked 1806 in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The crest on the bronze example was that of Burdett of Warwickshire and Yorkshire.155referencepublication-2160adlib-publication-216052138ffc-1737-3831-b93b-ef8fcd36187cEuropean Sculpture and Works of Artreferencepublication-6099adlib-publication-6099040866e2-cedd-3c2d-bdde-8e4102bc78d4Catalogue number 20 Summer 1977Cf. p. 155, lot 305, a comparable cigar-lighter described as a smoker's-companion, by Benjamin and James Smith, London, 1809. L. 15.2 cm. Estimate £4-6,000 or E. 4,500-6,700.155referencepublication-6510adlib-publication-65108d08e61e-e4ef-3b57-9d7f-acee80422f6bCenturies of Style, Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxesreferenceterm-9044adlib-term-904499dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763Neoclassicalreferenceterm-126245adlib-term-1262451796a27a-e92b-3744-b4ce-51313e5e54e5cigar lightercigar lightersilver-giltreferenceterm-121155adlib-term-121155b898c0dc-7140-33c8-981b-6801b109c452castingobject
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