AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN IRON 'BIDDING CANDLESTICK'

AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN IRON 'BIDDING CANDLESTICK'

C.1840-70
of rectangular balustrade form, with tray base and six ball finial ‘pillars’ linked by downswept struts, centred by a raised slide ejector socket candlestick flanked by a pair of ‘pockets’

36.5cm high, 35.5cm wide, 17.5cm deep

Provenance

Andrew Crawforth Collection.

Christopher Bangs Private Collection.

Catalogue Note

It is assumed handwritten bids, placed in either of the two receptacles, were only accepted whilst the candles burned.