The Butler Hoard - 01 Jul 2025
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A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK
A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK
MAKER MARKED, NUREMBERG, C.1710-30
cast and turned in two parts, screwed together, having a slightly flared straight-sided socket and knopped stem, atop a relatively flat drip-pan and bell-base, partial punched maker's mark (winged angel's head) to foot rim
7.8cm high
Catalogue Note
R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 102, no 221. See Hermann P. Lockner, 'Die Merzeichen der Nürnberger Rotschmiede', p. 150/1, no. 1101 for the mark of Johann Georg Romsteck which may be the maker of this candlestick.
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