An English 'ball knop' candlestick, circa 1660

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An English 'ball knop' candlestick, circa 1660
the ribbed stem with spherical knop above a spreading circular base -- 5in. (14cm.) high
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
J.Caspall Making Fire and Light in the Home pre-1820 Suffolk, 1987, p.98, fig.182.
C.Bangs The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper-alloy Candlesticks A.D.200-1700 Bethlehem, PA.1995, number 115.
A similar example sold Christie's, London The Lear Collection of Socket Candlesticks 15 December 1998 lot 166.