The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 134

A BRASS CANDLESTICK

Estimate £60 - £80

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Description

A BRASS CANDLESTICK

PROBABLY SOUTH GERMAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the campana socket with integral cusp-edged sconce, on a bold baluster stem, circular foot and flat square base, a punched maker's mark to foot rim

27cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p.106, no. 230 See V. Baur, 'Metal Candlesticks, History, Styles and Techniques', p. 324 for a comparable example.