What I thought was a good quality but undistinguished ships gimbal mounted candlestick turned out on closer inspection to be engraved H M S Sans Pareil, the name of a late 19th C battleship, that was scrapped in 1907 in Preston, Lancs. only a few miles from where I found it. The connection to a specific naval ship, assuming the engraving is authentic should add some memorabilia value. I suspect the item was engraved when it was removed from the ship as it was dismantled, as I doubt if all the fittings on a 300 foot battleship were individually identified like this. There has always been a trade in turning bits of scrapped ships into souvenirs and I have had bits made from wood from the Victory, the Royal Oak, and other naval ships.
And I bet it would work just fine. I have a pair of similar ones from a railroad parlor car. They're mounted on the wall and worked great once when the power was out.
Hmmm.... appears to be another candle spring holder lamp. I believe this is called a "gimbaled, spring loaded candle lamp." Here's a query about a similar on the LampGuild forum. The one shown and those in the catalog page shown were by Sherwoods Ltd of Birmingham. Like the one shown, yours is probably missing the shade holder also. Yours may have come with the plate that actually attaches to a wall? http://lampguild.org/QandApage/archives/Q0005830.php --- Susan
Af, no doubt it is probably of the HMS Pareil that was scrapped in 1907 near you; however, there were 2 other HMS Pareils. The first one, formerly a French ship, was "launched in 1783, ... hulked in 1810 and broken up in 1842." The 2nd one was commissioned in 1851 and sold in 1867. The 3rd one was commissioned in 1882 and scrapped in 1907. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sans_Pareil --- Susan
