A DOCUMENTED GEORGE III RUSHLIGHT AND CANDLEHOLDER

A DOCUMENTED GEORGE III RUSHLIGHT AND CANDLEHOLDER

DEVON. C.1800

having a wrought iron rolled socket and short rectangular jaws on a twist and plain stem, the whole on a domed and turned beech base with original blue paint

28.5cm high

Literature

Illustrated and discussed in R. Ashley, 'The Rushlight & Related Holders', p. 225, fig. 183A. The author notes the angle, position and length of arm is indicative of holders found from the east of the Dartmoor area.

Exhibited

'An Exhibition of Candlesticks', Spink, London, 1974, no. 118. Old label reading 'Newton Abbott' to underside.