The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 100
A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS BASTER
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £126
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Description
A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS BASTER
BY JOHN APPLEBEE II, C.1740
one piece casting, with a shallow bowl, the gentle tapering handle with a rectangular pierced suspension slot and pointed end struck with five initials, maker's mark 'IA' to lower front handle
46.5cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600 - c.1900' (2001), p. 47, no. 87 and Journal of the 'Antique Metalware Society', vol. 26, 2021., Charles Applebee Revisited: 'Evidence for a Dynasty of London Braziers' p.38, fig. 16.