A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS TAPERSTICKS

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS TAPERSTICKS

BY ROBERT BUSH SENIOR, BRISTOL, (FL.1755-1807), C.1760

seamed, each with mid-fillet cylindrical socket above a knopped stem and a shaped petal- base, cast 'BUSH' to the underside (2)

12.7cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 19, no. 27. See E. Koldeweij, 'The English Candlestick 1425-1925', p.136, no. 117, for a pair of candlesticks by Robert Bush Sr. with similar socket and stem.