Sale 2855
Amsterdam
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21 - 22 September 2010
Price realised
EUR 10,625
Estimate
A MATCHED PAIR OF BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICKS ONE NETHERLANDISH, 15TH CENTURY; THE OTHER LATER Each with turreted drip-pan with foliate pierced frieze, multi-baluster shaft with further foliate pierced frieze above a spreading plinth with lion-shaped feet 32 cm. high (2)
Provenance
One acquired Sotheby Amsterdam, 12 July 1979, lot 40a, as Flemish brass gothic pricket candlestick, mid 15th Century.
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