No. RDA15585
Wonderful double spill Staffordshire vase with crenelated towers flanking an arch with a clock.
The clock has two cherubs grape vines and other architectural detail.
Note the way the number four is done.
Also, the clock says 7 minutes past 7.
Spills were tightly rolled up, cone shaped strips of newspaper about 12 inches long for transferring fire around the house.
Once one candle was lit - rather than striking flint and steel again - or later, crude sulfur matches - the spill was lit at the open end of the cone and the flame would burn slower and slower as the cone was tighter - as you walked around the room lighting candles and lamps.
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