Group of nine diminutive Georgian period taper sticks with some later examples and comprising: a pair of George II silver sticks with double crested wells, struck with maker's marks of John Cafe, London, 1744, a larger George II silver stick with detachable nozzle, struck with maker's marks of Ebenezer Coker, London, 1757, four American silver-gilt sticks, Tiffany & Co., New York, 20th century, and a pair of American silver sticks, struck with maker's marks of William G. DeMatteo, Colonial Williamsburg, 20th century. Weight: 38.45 ozt.; largest: 6.5" H x 3" W x 3" D. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, October 23, 2014, lot 477; Private Collection, New York.

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