A BRASS CAPSTAN CANDLESTICK

A BRASS CAPSTAN CANDLESTICK

POSSIBLY FLEMISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY

the slightly tapering socket with a pair of lateral rectangular pierced apertures on a dished drip-pan and spreading circular foot

12.5cm high, 12.5cm diameter

Literature

For a similar example attributed to an English brazier, see Caspall (J), 'Fire & Light in the Home pre 1820', p.86, fig. 155.