A GEORGE II BRASS TAPERSTICK

A GEORGE II BRASS TAPERSTICK

C.1720-40

seamed, the cylindrical socket with a flared flange, on an inverted-baluster stem, the circular dished base having four unusual 'indents' to the footrim matching the design of the upper stem knop, and engraved with a letter 'W' beneath a coronet for a Viscount

11.3cm high

Literature

See E. Koldeweij, 'The English Candlestick 1425-1925', p.114, no. 90 for a highly comparable example.