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Lot 104The taper candlestick, or taperstick, as it is more generally known, follows in design the various forms of table candlesticks and first appears around 1685. The use of sealing wax for all letters created the need for a single taper holder upon the writing desk. The taper, in itself, was of small diameter. Tapersticks die out in 1775, except as part of an inkstand, being succeeded by the waxjack.
Two English George II silver tapersticks
POSSIBLE MARKS OF WILLIAM GOULD, LONDON, 1742
Price Realised
EUR 3,346