Lot 1270
1270
A NORTHWEST EUROPEAN COPPER ALLOY CANDLESTICK
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A NORTHWEST EUROPEAN COPPER ALLOY CANDLESTICK

CIRCA 1400

Details
A NORTHWEST EUROPEAN COPPER ALLOY CANDLESTICK
CIRCA 1400
The tapered and octagonal faceted candle socket with pierced sides, with two protruding flanges, on a tapered pillar stem with central urn-shaped knop, the circular base cast with concentric rings, on tripod paw feet
7½ in. (19 cm.) high; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide at base
Provenance
Acquired from Michael Dunn, New York, 29 November 1995.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

Similar examples are illustrated in Ronald Michaelis, Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks, 1978, figs. 24 and 27. and A.J.G. Verster, Brons in den tjid, 1979, pl. 21.
A comparable candlestick was sold in The Frits Philips Collection, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 4 December 2006, lot 277.

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