The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 76
A PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £529
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Description
A PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS
LOW COUNTRIES / FRANCE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
each with a tapering cylindrical socket with circular extraction hole, an inverted acorn and knopped stem, on a dished and square cut-corner base with punched conjoined initials 'WW' (2)
13.3cm high (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 96, no. 206. See also J. Toussaint, 'Art du Laiton Dinanderie', p.180.