A LATE GEORGE III BRASS SOCKET CANDLESTICK

A LATE GEORGE III BRASS SOCKET CANDLESTICK

C.1800

the column stem topped by a broad sconce and raised on a heavy gauge square base with dished centre, stamped 'Lloyds' to each corner

20cm high

Catalogue Note

The marks to this candlestick and its very heavy, stable base, suggest that it might have been made for Lloyd's of London, a market for underwriting marine insurance which was founded by Edward Lloyd (d.1713) at Lloyd's Coffee House in 1686.