Lot 840
  • 840

A VERY RARE CAST BRASS CAPSTAN CANDLESTICK, NORTHWEST EUROPE, 16TH CENTURY |

Estimate
500 - 700 USD
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Description

  • Height 6 in. by Diameter 5 5/8 in.; 15.2 by 14.2 cm.

Provenance

Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London,  A Study Collection of Old Brass Candlesticks, Ronald F. Michaelis Collection, November 1, 1979, lot 82;
S.J. Shrubsole, London, December 1979;
Vogel Collection no. 322.2

Literature

Ronald F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks: Produced in Bronze, Brass, Paktong, (Woodbridge, Eng: Antiques Collector's Club, 1978), p. 58, fig 64 (right).

Condition

In overall fine condition. Wear and residue commensurate with age and use. Approximately 1 in. of the lower 1/8 in. wide rim is lost.
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