The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 136
A PAIR OF WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS
Estimate £100 - £150
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Description
A PAIR OF WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS
BY BERNDORF, AUSTRIA, C.1850
each with tulip-shaped socket, removeable stepped sconce, baluster stem and circular spreading foot, punched 'BERNDORF ALPACCA' to the foot rim (2)
22.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900' (2001), p. 13, no. 17. Alpacca appears to be the trade name for items produced using nickel by Berndorf in the mid-19th century.