Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 131
A LATE GEORGE III BRASS SOCKET CANDLESTICK
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £300
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Description
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.