A BRASS 'TAVERN' OR 'COFFEE HOUSE' CANDLESTICK

A BRASS 'TAVERN' OR 'COFFEE HOUSE' CANDLESTICK

ENGLISH, C.1670-1700

having a cylindrical socket, a slender entasis stem, a slightly domed circular base with spreading foot rim, a possible stamped mark to foot rim

21cm high

Literature

See E. Koldeweij, 'The English Candlestick 1425-1925' (2001), pp. 74-77, nos. 41 - 45, for comparable examples inscribed and dated 1665-1695, 1709.