Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks & The Age of Oak - 2nd October 2025
Lot 936
A RARE PAIR OF GERMAN BRASS CANDLESNUFFERS
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
A RARE PAIR OF GERMAN BRASS CANDLESNUFFERS
NUREMBERG, C.1600
of scissor form, one blade with a pointed end to raise the wick and the lid of a tear-shaped box cast decorated with an archer, the sides foliate decorated, the pin-hinge with a square cover, with wire loop handles and baluster cast stems, maker’s mark to rear, on a custom made stand
22.7cm long
Provenance
Syd Levethan Collection. Sold Christie's, South Kensington, London, 11th June 2010, lot 1258.
Christopher Bangs Private Collection.
Catalogue Note
See the Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London, acc. nos. M.57-1959; 2080-1855; 160-1898.