Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS TELESCOPIC CANDLESTICK

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAN FIDDIAN & CO, BIRMINGHAM, (FL. c.1803-c.1843)

having an urn-shaped socket, cylindrical telescopic stem, spreading faceted oval foot with oak weighted base, the foot rim stamped with a crown, 'F & Co' and 'PATENT'

19.5cm high (min)

Catalogue Note

William Fiddian premises were at 39 & 40 Great Hampton Street. Although this candlestick is stamped 'Patent' there is no grant of patent recorded to Fiddian and instead may well refer to that of Eckhardt & Morton granted 1797.

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900', p. 35, no. 50.