Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A PAIR OF GEORGE III COMMEMORATIVE BRASS CANDLESTICKS

DATED '1809'

each with a flared socket, knopped and baluster stem, on a spreading rectangular base, each underside with a push ejector and cast inscription 'JUBILEE 50 YR, 1809' (2)

18.5cm high

Catalogue Note

These candlesticks commemorate the Golden Jubilee of King George III. The date of '1809' is of further interest as it establishes that this particular candlestick design, often thought of as Victorian, was in fact made some thirty years prior to Victoria ascending the throne.

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900", p. 111, no. 238