A RARE ENGLISH MEDIEVAL PEWTER CANDLESTICK
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A RARE ENGLISH MEDIEVAL PEWTER CANDLESTICK

FIRST HALF 15TH CENTURY

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A RARE ENGLISH MEDIEVAL PEWTER CANDLESTICK
FIRST HALF 15TH CENTURY
With a bladed knop to stem and two steps at base of stem on broad base
6in. (15cm.) high, 3.8in. (9.7cm.) diameter
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These candlesticks represent the earliest surviving articles made in pewter apart from spoons or pilgrim badges. Three similar candlesticks exist in pewter, one in the Museum of London which was excavated from a mid 15th Century deposit, illustrated in 'Pewter, a handbook of selected Tudor and Stuart pieces' front cover and as No. 18 in the Museum exhibition 'Pewter, a Celebration of the Craft' 1989. One in the Moulson collection and one in the Museum of British Pewter, Harvard House, Statford-on-Avon.
This example was purchased at auction having been discovered in the thatch of a Shropshire cottage.
For similar in brass see Christopher Bangs, The Lear Collection, 1995 Nos 8-9 where the English attribution is convincingly argued, and Eloy Koldeweij, The English Candlestick, 2001 Nos.1-3.
See also David Moulson, Journal of the Pewter Society, Spring 2003, 'Medieval candlesticks of the Bunsen Burner style', in which the author convincingly argues an English attribution.