A RARE 15TH CENTURY 'THREE KINGS' FORM BRASS DOUBLE-SOCKET CANDLESTICK

A RARE 15TH CENTURY 'THREE KINGS' FORM BRASS DOUBLE-SOCKET CANDLESTICK

NORTH-WEST EUROPE, C.1450-1500

having a central pricket with detachable double-socket arm, the stem with two discoid knops, the two-stage base of a dish with a raised centre on a capstan foot

34cm high

Catalogue Note

See Christie's, The Lear Collection, King Street, London, 15th December 1998, lot 11 for a very comparable example (£9,200).

Literature

See H. P. Lockner, 'Messing', pp. 165-167, particularly fig. 315 & 323 and L'Or des Dinandiers, Rue des Brasseurs, p. 117, no. 215 for similar examples.