AN IMPRESSIVE REGENCY GILT BRASS CANDLESTICK

AN IMPRESSIVE REGENCY GILT BRASS CANDLESTICK

C.1820-30

in the Rococo revival manner, designed throughout with a profusion of foliate scrolls in high-relief wrapping the detachable sconce, waisted socket, square-section inverted baluster stem and raised circular base

31cm high

Catalogue Note

For a comparable silver candlestick by Fenton, Allanson & Machon, Sheffield, 1823-4, see the Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London, acc. no. 5719A/1, 2-1901.