BY ELIAS ELIASZ. VAN VLIET (1609-1652), FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A Dutch brass candlestick
By Elias Eliasz. van Vliet (1609-1652), first half 17th Century
On a domed moulded circular foot, and with a broad circular drip pan and multi baluster shaft, the cylindrical nozzle with an everted rim, stamped twice underneath, the foot with the crowned monogram EE, restorations - 23cm. high; And a 16th Century brass candlestick, on moulded raised circular foot with a broad circular drip pan, the multi baluster shaft with a cylindrical nozzle with everted rim - 19cm. high (2)

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Lot Essay

Elias Eliasz. van Vliet (1609-1652) was one of the few brassfounders of Amsterdam who stamped his products. During his life he used three stamps; two E's, two E's which are mirrored and one surmounted by a crown (to be found on the present lot). After 1642 he added a V to the stamp. The present lot can therefore be dated between 1627, when Elias first started working in Amsterdam and 1642 when he changed his stamp (B. Dubbe, 'Het Amsterdamse geelgietersambacht in de 17e eeuw', in Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 31(1980), pp. 137-153).

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