A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

PROBABLY IRISH, C.1760-80

each having a tall cylindrical socket, a large reeded knop atop a tapering fluted stem, on a stepped circular base with geometric line decoration and an hexagonal foot (2)

28.5cm high

Literature

See Antique Metalware Society Journal 1999, p.46, fig. 6b for a very similar candlestick where it is noted 'this form is found in Ireland in some quantity'. See also E. Koldeweij, 'The English Candlestick 1425-1925', p.179, no. 166 and the John Douglas Collection, sold Bonhams, 19th April 2021, lot 198 for further examples.