Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A GEORGE III BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICK

C.1800

having an integral flared sconce above a slender cylindrical stem with a side ejector, on a circular spreading foot, cast with the numbers '102' to the underside

17.7cm high

Catalogue Note

The small diameter of the socket implies this candlestick was used 'below stairs' in a domestic setting.

Literature

See R. Gentle, 'Brass Candlesticks: Brassfounder's Catalogue', no. 29, for a similar example.