The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 69
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £756
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Description
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD BERRY, C.1760-80
seamed, each with a single-fillet socket with an integral sconce, above a discoid knop and tapering stem, on a dished square base with internal pusher, stamped 'E BERRY' to the underside (2)
26.8cm high
Catalogue Note
Edward Berry, a brazier by trade, worked at 15 St Paul's Churchyard 1765-75 and at 74 Great Queen Street 1777-9. See the British Museum Collection, London, for the trade sheet of Edward Berry, 'Ironmonger, Brazier and Founder, at the Two Candlesticks & Bell, the South Side of St. Pauls Church Yard, London', donated by Sir Ambrose Heal, museum no. Heal 85.26 and a bill-head for Edward Berry dated '74, no. Heal 85.28.