A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

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

the socket with an integral drip-pan, on a knopped stem and petal-shaped base, a foundry patch to the larger knop, stamped 'WM LEE' to the underside

20.3cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 56, no. 125. 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.