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.