George Gibbs silvered steel wick trimmer (c. 1808) Figurative lower right: A

lower right: A

Queen Street (bottom center)

SKU: 9575

Museum mat and framed in a birch molding under glass

Dimensions: 10” Diameter (dinner plates)

George Gibbs silvered steel wick trimmer (c. 1808) Figurative lower right: ARare Birmingham cast steel & silver wick trimmer with the impressed makers mark and lion passant (which indicates sterling silver). The trimmer is raised on three short posts, one each at the finger rings and one at the wax pick. The wick collection box is fitted with a guillotine action blade and embellished with scallop shells and flowers. The trimmer is impressed with the makers mark of G. Gibbs. Birmingham, England, after 1808. Condition: This