The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025

Lot 117

A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE BRASS TAPERSTICKS

Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £479

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Description

A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE BRASS TAPERSTICKS

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

each with a cylindrical nozzle above a knopped stem and banded, spreading foot, with traces of silvering, together with another, c.1730, with a square inverted baluster stem and cut corner foot (3)

11cm high (max)

Provenance

The Howard Collection of Oak and Works of Art.

Literature

The pair - see Robin Butler, 'The Albert Collection' p.192, for a similar pair of candlesticks.

The single - see Eloy Koldeweij, 'The English Candlestick' , p.114, cat. 89 for a similar candlestick.