AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS WAX JACK

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS WAX JACK

PROBABLY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, C.1820-30

having a spring loaded bisected socket and integral drip pan, a plain stem (the spool for pre-coiled wax taper) with urn finial, on a circular base with heart-shaped piercing and scroll handle, cast 'H' to the underside

14.7cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600-c.1900', (2001), p. 44, no. 77 Published Marked Domestic Brass, p. 44, no. 77. See also John Caspall, 'Fire and Light in the Home pre-1820', p.259, fig. 586 for a near identical example.