Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 17th January 2024
Lot 112
A VICTORIAN TRAVELLING CANDLE HOLDER
Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £189
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Description
A VICTORIAN TRAVELLING CANDLE HOLDER
C.1860-70
the slender cover converting to be the handle screwing into the cylindrical base with strike to the underside
20.5cm high
Provenance
The Simon Castle Collection of Treen.
Literature
The current lot is illustrated in the Illustrated History of Antiques, general editor Huon Mallalieu, p.262. See Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, pl.125 for similar examples.