THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO A.W.N.PUGIN, PROBABLY CAST BY HARDMAN OF BIRMINGHAM, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN BRASS CANDLESTICKS
THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO A.W.N.PUGIN, PROBABLY CAST BY HARDMAN OF BIRMINGHAM, MID 19TH CENTURY
With broad castellated drip-pans on knopped stems and spreading bases, each supported by three lion feet
15in. (38cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The architectural form of these candlesticks and the three lions to each base conform to a similar documented design by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) and manufactured by John Hardman & Company. The Hardman archive lists a set of six produced in 1846 for a 'J.V.Gandolfi Esq.' at 47s each, #14 2s.
A similar pair of candlesticks sold Christie's South Kensington, 5 April 2005, lot 160.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: A.W.N.Pugin, 'Master of Gothic Revival', BGC/Yale, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, No.75, page 310.

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