The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 206

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £252

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Description

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

MAKER MARKED, PROBABLY IRISH, C. 1790

each having an urn-shaped socket with integral beaded octagonal sconce, a faceted collar and plain tapering stem, on a raised faceted octagonal foot, cast maker's initials 'I.S' to underside (2)

26.7cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900' p. 105, no. 227.