A repoussé brass candlestick, the spirally moulded and brazed shaft with octagonal loose sconce above a wide conforming drip pan decorated with fruiting foliage and punched ornament on a spreading domed foot, Swedish or Danish, 17th century -- 9¼in. (23.3cm.) high; and another similar, smaller candlestick -- 7½in. (19cm.) high. (2)

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A repoussé brass candlestick, the spirally moulded and brazed shaft with octagonal loose sconce above a wide conforming drip pan decorated with fruiting foliage and punched ornament on a spreading domed foot, Swedish or Danish, 17th century -- 9¼in. (23.3cm.) high; and another similar, smaller candlestick -- 7½in. (19cm.) high. (2)

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

Ronald F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base Metal Candlesticks, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge Suffolk, 1978. Pages 90-91, for similar example see cover slip.

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