A bronze Samson and the lion pricket candlestick in 13th century style

A bronze Samson and the lion pricket candlestick in 13th century style, with a foliate drip-pan, 24.2cm high, 13.5cm wide.

Provenance:Bonhams Knightsbridge, 6th July 2010, Lot 5. CF example in Hamburg Falke and Meyer no. 253 ill. 217. West Country Collection, previously Pitt Rivers Collection and previous to that Czasky Collection sold at auction by Christies London, Lot 56, 11th December 1990.

This bronze candlestick refers to a scene from the biblical book of Judges (14:5-7), which tells how Samson killed a lion with his bare hands.