A bronze candlestick "Driekoningen-kandelaar"

THE NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1500

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A bronze candlestick "Driekoningen-kandelaar"
The Netherlands, circa 1500
The knobbed stem with detachable two-branch candle-holder, the conical-shaped base with broad raised circular-drip-pan
33cm. high and 12cm. diam.
Literature
See for comparison:
A.J.G. Verster, Koper en Brons van voorheen, Amsterdam, 1966, pl. 28.
H.P. Lockner, 'Aufsatzleuchter des Mittelalters. Ein Vergleich mit anderen mehrlammigen Leuchtern des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts', Kunst & Antiquitäten, 1979, 59-64, nr. V, pl. 1, 5.
S. Wechssler, Lampen, Leuchten und Lanternen, Mnchen, 1983, pl. 19.
O. ter Kuile, Koper en Brons, 's-Gravenhage, 1984, p. 105, cat. no. 144.
J. Caspall, Making Fire & Light in the home pre-1820, Woodbridge, 1987, fig. 140.
B. Dubbe, 'Opmerkingen over vijftiende eeuwse huiskandelaars', Antiek, 1993, 334-336, XXVII, nr. 7, afb. 2.
Chr. Bangs, The Lear Collection. A study of copper-alloy candlesticks A.D. 200-1700, Easton (Pennsylvania), 1995, cat.no. 26.

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