a bronze candlestick
The Netherlands, circa 1500
The ribbed nozzle pierced with two rectangular openings above the stem with five knobs
27.9cm. high and 13.8cm. diam.
Literature
See for comparison:
A.O. Curle, 'Domestic Candlesticks from the fourteenth to the end of the eighteenth century', Proceedings of the Society of Antiquairies of Scotland, 1925-1926, 183-214, LX, vol. 12, fig. 1.7
A.J.G. Verster, Koper en Brons van voorheen, Amsterdam, 1966, pl. 32.
J. Bourne e.a., Lighting in the domestic Interior. Renaissance to Art Nouveau, London, 1991, no. 28.
H.P. Lockner, 'Aufsatzleuchter des Mittelalters. Ein Vergleich mit anderen mehrflammigen Leuchtern des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts', Kunst & Antiquitäten, 1979, 59-64, nr. V, pl. 16.
Exhibition Catalogue, 'Thuis in de late Middeleeuwen. Het Nederlandse burgerinterieur 1400-1535', Zwolle, 1980, cat. no. 263.
Chr. Bangs, The Lear collection. A study of copper-alloy candlesticks A.D. 200-1700, Easton (Pennsylvania), 1995, cat. no's. 22-25.
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