The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 91

A GOOD BRASS 'CAPSTAN-BASE' CANDLESTICK

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1260

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Description

A GOOD BRASS 'CAPSTAN-BASE' CANDLESTICK

DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1500-30

having a 'U'-shaped socket with a pair of circular extraction holes, a solid-cast discoid and baluster stem, atop a broad drip-pan and large capstan-shaped base, linear banded decoration

21.3cm high

Provenance

Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight (1912-1979), Dartington Hall, Devon, Sotheby's house sale, 16th November 2011, See Christie's, The Lear Collection, King Street, London, 15th December 1998, lot 75 for a very similar example.

Literature

Schiffer, 'The Brass Book', p. 155, figs. B & C; R. Gentle & R. Feild, 'Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820', p.121, fig. 6 and L'or des Dinandiers, Rue des Brasseurs, p. 117, no.221.