A COPPER ALLOY DOUBLE-SOCKET CANDLESTICK
A COPPER ALLOY DOUBLE-SOCKET CANDLESTICK

NORTH WEST EUROPEAN, 15TH CENTURY

Details
A COPPER ALLOY DOUBLE-SOCKET CANDLESTICK
NORTH WEST EUROPEAN, 15TH CENTURY
With central pricket and detachable double-socket arm; the shaft with two discoid knops, above a circular, two-stage spreading base.
Nicks; minor crack to base of shaft.
13.7/8 in. (35.3 cm.) high
Literature
Bangs 1995, no. 26

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Dexel 1973, p. 212, ill. 299
Lockner 1982, p. 166, ill. 322
Rotterdam 1991, p. 109
Rotterdam 1994, p. 85
Wechssler-Kummel 1962, p. 205, ill. 87

Lot Essay

This is the 'Three Kings' form of candlestick. See also lots 29 and 33.

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