COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Roderick Butler A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, 2001. William Lee is recorded in Castle Street, Birmingham, from 1759, he died in 1800. Two examples are illustrated on page 56.
A similar pair of brass candlesticks stamped WM.LEE were sold Sothebys, New York, 17th June 1997, Americana, including the Barrett Collection