A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY WILLIAM LEE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1759-1800), C.1770

having a cylindrical socket with low fillet and integral octagonal-shaped sconce, on an inverted-baluster and knopped stem, raised petal-shaped base, stamped 'Wm. LEE' to the underside

23.5cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p.56, no. 124. William Lee is recorded as working in Castle Street, Birmingham, from 1759. He is listed as a candlestick maker and founder from 1767. He appears to have retired in 1780 and died 1800.