A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEET- BRASS CANDLESTICKS

A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEET- BRASS CANDLESTICKS

C.1770

constructed in the Old Sheffield Plate manner, each with a Corinthian capital socket on a fluted columnar stem, raised concave square base embossed with Neo-Classical decoration of tied leafy-swags and beaded oval boss, with beaded foot rim, a turned mahogany weight to the underside (2)

29.5cm high

Catalogue Note

This pair of sheet-brass candlesticks may have been experimental, a prototype, as no other examples are presently recorded, except for the following lot.

Literature

See G. Crosskey, 'Old Sheffield Plate' (2011), p.276 & p. 304 and H. N. Veitch, 'Sheffield Plate, Its History, Manufacture and Art', pp.146-7 for comparable examples.