1592996946000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-119272 1747160485693 1711380389000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-119272 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119272 bfdcbc75-e2ad-3037-9de3-9e94a41b82a0 8 reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver reference term-125997 adlib-term-125997 4a0212c6-7426-312e-80d1-910bfc0b898f gilt (gold) Surface Applied Arts silver-gilt cigar lighter in the shape of an Antique lamp Silver-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.4-1989 1 accession number M.4-1989 119272 priref 119272 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119272 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119272 'DS' over 'BS' on the underside of the base struck maker's mark lion passant on the underside of both the base and the lid struck hallmark leopard's head crowned on the underside of the base struck hallmark on the underside of the base struck H hallmark monarch's head on the underside of the base struck hallmark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Purchased with the Rylands Fund reference agent-180044 adlib-agent-180044 f42bfd5a-50bb-3213-a7f1-7c3f2fad4e88 E. & C. Koopman & Son Ltd. 1989 1989 1989-07-24 bought Entry date: 1989-07-24 1803 1803 CE 1803 1803 1804 1 1804 CE 1804 1804 silversmith reference agent-181308 adlib-agent-181308 00548811-c106-3870-a646-636256dce6f6 Scott, Digby, silversmith silversmith reference agent-181306 adlib-agent-181306 6ab5636d-ef0a-3302-a892-ffe2741f9b90 Smith, Benjamin II, silversmith Benjamin Smith II and Digby Scott registered their mark in 1802, from an address in Limekiln Lane, Greenwich. reference term-106498 adlib-term-106498 272179a1-524b-3f36-aab7-bf342ce484d6 19th Century, Early reference term-107437 adlib-term-107437 96f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479 George III reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 literal England England country London reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Height cm 16.5 Height in 6½ Weight g 290 Weight oz : dwt 10 : 10 Width cm 15.1 Width in 6 reference media-146462 adlib-media-146462 a8b125de-d6df-3bd9-8414-80e7747a5520 jpeg aa/aa20/M_4_1989.jpg 1 height pixels 543 width pixels 760 1616271202407 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/mid_M_4_1989.jpg 1 height pixels 357 width pixels 500 1616271202407 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/M_4_1989.jpg 1 height pixels 543 width pixels 760 1616271202407 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/preview_M_4_1989.jpg 1 height pixels 179 width pixels 250 1616271202407 1 image 0 media image reference media-25329267 portfolio portfolio-media-25329267 bb796fb2-0d41-3b9c-a739-72d5003e26e4 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/118/large_M_4_1989_200701_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 747 width pixels 1024 1529374216000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/118/mid_M_4_1989_200701_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 500 1529374216000 1 image M.4-1989_200701_mas.jpg 1529374216000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/118/preview_M_4_1989_200701_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 182 width pixels 249 1529374216000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/118/M_4_1989_200701_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 1510 width pixels 2070 1529374216000 1 image 1 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Cigar lighter in the shape of an Antique lamp, by Benjamin Smith and Digby Scott</value> media image reference media-3735922937 portfolio portfolio-media-3735922937 6420d85b-b382-37cd-b582-9de7e7b2ec87 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/119/large_M_4_1989_200701_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 731 width pixels 1024 1529374216000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/119/mid_M_4_1989_200701_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 357 width pixels 500 1529374216000 1 image M.4-1989_200701_mfj22_mas.tif 1529374216000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/119/preview_M_4_1989_200701_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 179 width pixels 250 1529374216000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/508/119/M_4_1989_200701_mfj22_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 3328 width pixels 4660 1529374216000 1 image 2 <primary>1</primary> <type>main title</type> <value>Cigar lighter in the shape of an Antique lamp, by Benjamin Smith and Digby Scott</value> media image reference term-126245 adlib-term-126245 1796a27a-e92b-3744-b4ce-51313e5e54e5 cigar lighter smoker's companion lighter history note unknown before E. & C. Koopman & Son Ltd., London reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-5469 adlib-publication-5469 bb70c233-c320-3e91-a64d-92aed82f2cc8 The Annual Reports of the syndicate and of the Friends of the Fitzwilliam for the year ending 31 December 1987 Cf. 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. 155 reference publication-2160 adlib-publication-2160 52138ffc-1737-3831-b93b-ef8fcd36187c European Sculpture and Works of Art reference publication-6099 adlib-publication-6099 040866e2-cedd-3c2d-bdde-8e4102bc78d4 Catalogue number 20 Summer 1977 Cf. 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. 155 reference publication-6510 adlib-publication-6510 8d08e61e-e4ef-3b57-9d7f-acee80422f6b Centuries of Style, Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes reference term-9044 adlib-term-9044 99dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763 Neoclassical reference term-126245 adlib-term-126245 1796a27a-e92b-3744-b4ce-51313e5e54e5 cigar lighter cigar lighter silver-gilt reference term-121155 adlib-term-121155 b898c0dc-7140-33c8-981b-6801b109c452 casting object OBJECT