POSSIBLY LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

A Central European wrought iron pricket wall sconce
Possibly late 17th or early 18th century
The scrolling arm modelled with leafy tendrils
19½in. (49.5cm.) long;
A cast iron grisset, 19th century; a wrought iron ladle, of large size, 19th century; a pair of sheet metal and wrought iron tongs, 19th century; a wrought iron garden twine dispenser, the revolving cradle supported on a spiked shaft; and a sheet iron hanging wall sconce, modelled with silhouetted figures of animals (6)

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Robert Ashley, The Rushlight and Related holders, Ashley Publications, 2001. Comparable 19th century examples of grissets are discussed and illustrated, page 236, fig's. 201-202.

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