A WILLIAM IV BRASS CANDLESTICK

A WILLIAM IV BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY BARLOW, BIRMINGHAM, C.1830

the socket with a spring-grip above a knopped and flared stem, on spreading circular foot, cast 'J. BARLOW PATENT' to ejector and stamped 'J. BARLOW PATENT' beneath a Royal Crest to foot rim, cast number '188' to underside

22cm high

Catalogue Note

It is rare to find candlesticks retaining the spring-grip.

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 10, no. 9 (listed as pair).