The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 314

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS WAX JACK

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £151

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Description

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS WAX JACK

POSSIBLY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

having a spring-loaded bisected socket and integral drip-pan, a plain stem retaining original green pre-wound wax taper, with turned finial, on a circular base with heart shaped piercing and scroll handle and original lacquered brass

12.5cm high

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600-c.1900', (2001), p. 44, no. 77. See also John Caspall, 'Fire and Light in the Home pre-1820', p.259, fig. 586 for a similar example.