A BRASS CANDLESTICK

ENGLISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Details

A BRASS CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The shaft with central drip-tray above a domed trumpet base.
Minor nicks; foundry patch to ring moulding; minor dents to drip-tray and rim of socket.
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high

Literature

Bangs 1995, no.105

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Bourne & Brett 1991, p. 27, fig. 54
Caspall 1987, p. 92, fig. 168
London 1989, p. 69, fig. 51

Lot Essay

As with the previous lot, this candlestick belongs to the early English 'trumpet' series. It appears to be the only surviving example in brass, but can be compared to a pewter example dated to the early 17th century by Caspall (loc. cit.) and to a set of four slightly squatter silver candlesticks dated 1637 (Bourne and Brett, loc. cit.). The present piece is hollow cast in two parts.

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