A COPPER ALLOY CANDLESTICK
NUREMBERG, 16TH CENTURY
The ribbed socket and shaft above a cone and shallow, circular base.
Minor nicks; repaired cracks to base.
8.7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high
Literature
Bangs 1995, no. 78
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Dexel 1973, p. 213, no. 300
Dexel 1981, pp. 390-391, nos. 669-670
Thwing 1962, pl. 17
Lot Essay
It is interesting to note the close stylistic similarities between this lot and lot 130 of the 'Tapering Plain Shaft' group.
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