Lot 1113
  • 1113

A RARE SPANISH CAST BRASS CAPSTAN CANDLESTICK AND A SCANDINAVIAN CAST BRASS CANDLESTICK, 17TH CENTURY |

Estimate
300 - 500 USD
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Description

  • Height 5 β…œ in. by Diameter 5 β…›in.; 13.7 by 13 cm.(capstan)

Provenance

Capstan:
Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London,  A Study Collection of Old Brass Candlesticks, Ronald F. Michaelis Collection, November 1, 1979, lot 78;
S.J. Shrubsole, London, December 1979;
Vogel Collection no. 322.1. Scandinavian candlestick:
Joe Kindig Jr. & Son, York, Pennsylvania, December 1975;
Vogel Collection no. 131.

Literature

Capstan candlestick:
Ronald F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks: Produced in Bronze, Brass, Paktong, (Woodbridge, Eng: Antiques Collector's Club, 1978), p. 57, fig. 63

Condition

capstan: In overall fine condition. Wear commensurate with age and use. There is a 1/2 crack to the footrim and an old solder repair to a small 1/8" pit approximately 1 inch above the previously mentioned crack. Scandinavian stick: Wear commensurate with age and use. The shaft is loose within the base Height 4 β…ž in. by Diameter 5 β…œ in.; 12.4 by 13.6 cm.
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