All three pairs of sticks are worn through to the copper at exposed extremities.
All bear the usual very minor knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age and use.One of the two smaller scalloped based examples lifts off its base.
The pair of smaller dressing table sticks have plain sides to the bases beneath the gadrooning, suggesting that they might have slotted into something else.
We have dated the two pairs with scalloped bases as 18th century and the pair with gadrooned bases as 19th century purely on stylistic grounds.
