A LARGE AND FINE BRASS CANDLESTICK

A LARGE AND FINE BRASS CANDLESTICK

DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1450-1500

having a bold flared socket with paired rectangular extraction holes, atop a discoid knop and ribbed baluster stem, a ribbed high-domed base and dished base with splayed foot rim, with a precisely engraved ownership or merchant's mark to the underside

27.3cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p.105, no. 228. See also L'or des Dinandiers, Rue des Brasseurs, p. 93, nos. 73, 76 and p. 97 for similar candlesticks. A similar example was exhibited Frankfurt Museum, 2nd December 1987 to 31st January 1988, item 47.