An early Parisian silver gilt chamberstick Designed as a square drip pan with inswept sides and chamferred edges resting on three compressed bun feet. The edges and the cylindrical nozzle decorated with cast laurel foliage, the moulded handle with acanthus relief. Small chambersticks like these from the time of Louis XIV are exceedingly rare today. The present work is presumably among the earliest Parisian examples known to exist. The Louvre houses a comparable work by Claude Charpentier (inv. no. oA9877), dated 1698, whilst a further piece from 1697 can be found in the Jourdan-Barry collection. H 3.5, L 15.5, W 8.3 cm, weight 102 g. Marks of Philippe Lequin, 1675. For this maker's mark cf. Bimbenet-Privat, Les orfèvres et l’orfèvrerie de Paris au XVIIème siècle, vol. 1, Paris 2002, p. 40.