Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 11th April 2018
Lot 31
A large late 17th century sheet brass candlestick
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A large late 17th century sheet brass candlestick, repousse decorated, with a fluted nozzle, above an octagonal stop fluted stem with a gadrooned knop, on a conforming octagonal domed foot, the underside engraved with owner's triad initials 'S over W M', 45cm high.
See Eloy Koldeweij, The English Canclestick, 1425-1925, pp.84-85, cat.50 for a pair of similar candlesticks, with traces of their original silvering.
Provenance: The collection of the late Geoffrey Harley, Pickwick End, Corsham.