The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 87

A BRASS CANDLESTICK

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £151

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Description

A BRASS CANDLESTICK

FRENCH, C.1650-1675

the bold cylindrical socket with mid-fillet and circular extraction aperture, the stem with an inverted acorn knop, spreading foot and stepped, flat square base with two punches of a crowned 'R' duty mark

16.8cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 73, no. 155.