A PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS

DANISH OR SWEDISH, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS
DANISH OR SWEDISH, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
Each shaft with ball-knop above a cone and square base on four ball feet; each base inscribed and dated 'A^o I O S L E D 1728'.
Minor nicks.
9.5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) high (2)

Literature

Bangs 1995, no. 147

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Baur 1996, p. 96, ill. 142
Berntsen 1965, pl. 15, B
Erixon 1965, p. 49
Grove 1967, p. 18, no. 20

Lot Essay

Despite the subtle variations in colour between different elements of these candlesticks, they undoubtedly belong together. The colour differences can be explained by the less-than-uniform alloys employed by founders of the period.

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