The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 301
A RARE PAIR OF BRASS CANDLE SNUFFERS
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £756
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Description
A RARE PAIR OF BRASS CANDLE SNUFFERS
BY M. JOSEPH, HAMBURG, C.1680
of scissor form, one blade fitted with a tear-shaped box, decorated to the top with scrolling foliage and pomegranates, the other terminating in a point with the maker's mark stamped to the underside, the handles of addorsed baluster form, terminating in wire loop handles
18.3cm long
Literature
See R, Gentle & R. Feild, 'Domestic Metalwork, 1640-1820', p. 202, fig. 1 for a similar pair described as 'English, c.1660-85'. See also Christie's. The Lear Collection, London, 15th December 1998, lots 109 & 111, both by Nuremberg makers, the city principally associated with this type of candle snuffer.