The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 79

A 17TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICK

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £277

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Description

A 17TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICK

DUTCH OR GERMAN, C.1680

having a cylindrical socket with moulded lip, an inverted-acorn stem and dished circular foot

13cm high

Literature

See R.F. Michaelis, 'Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks', p.45, fig. 37 (right) for a very similar candlestick.

Exhibited

Keith Pinn, Essex, December 1981, no. 5.