A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS BASTER

A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS BASTER

BY JOHN APPLEBEE II, C.1740

one piece casting, with a shallow bowl, the gentle tapering handle with a rectangular pierced suspension slot and pointed end struck with five initials, maker's mark 'IA' to lower front handle

46.5cm long

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600 - c.1900' (2001), p. 47, no. 87 and Journal of the 'Antique Metalware Society', vol. 26, 2021., Charles Applebee Revisited: 'Evidence for a Dynasty of London Braziers' p.38, fig. 16.