A LOUIS XV BRASS CANDLESTICK

A LOUIS XV BRASS CANDLESTICK

FRENCH, C.1745-49

part seamed, two-part construction screwed together, the octagonal socket on a tapering octagonal stem between two knops, on a domed and stepped octagonal base, with remains of silvering, punched duty mark of a letter crowned 'C' to the foot rim and socket

22.5cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 20, no. 28. The duty mark 'C', couronné poinçon, was used in France between 5th March 1745 and 4th February 1749 on new and second-hand copper-alloy wares.