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A RED JAPANNED BUREAU BOOKCASE
IN GEORGE I STYLE, 18TH CENTURY
AND LATER
decorated with chinoiserie with Chinese
figures, pavilions, birds and flowers with a pair
of mirror doors enclosing a well fitted interior
of pigeonholes, drawers and faux book secret
compartments, above a hinged fall with a
conforming interior and four long drawers
224.5cm high, 97cm wide, 53.7cm deep
￡4,000-6,000
1395
A LATE VICTORIAN SATINWOOD FOLDING
STAND TABLE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
with two tiers inlaid with stringing, with
mahogany crossbanding and with brass edging
73cm high, 48.5cm wide, 42cm deep
￡200-300
1396
A PAINTED SATINWOOD BUREAU
IN SHERATON STYLE, 18TH CENTURY
AND LATER
decorated with ribbon tied swags and portrait
medallions, the hinged fall with Venus and
Cupid enclosing an interior of pigeonholes,
drawers and a sliding well cover
91cm high, 78.5cm wide, 51.3cm deep
￡300-400
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A SILK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
titled ‘Gilbraltar Present’ above various flags
including the Union Jack, the Stars and Stripes,
the Red Ensign and the Tricolor, above a panel
worked with an airship and a hot air balloon, in a
painted and gilt frame
50 x 40.3cm
￡100-150
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1398
AN ENGRAVED MAP OF HAMPSHIRE
AFTER CHRISTOPHER SAXTON, LATE 16TH /
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
inscribed ‘Southamptoniae Comitatus preter
Insulas Vectis Jersey et Garnsey....’ to a cartouche
upper left and ‘Southamtoniae Comitatus preter
Cunitatem Wincestriam...’ lower right, and
‘Christophorus Saxton descripsit’ to the Isle of
Wight, with some hand colouring
39.8 x 43.8cm
￡200-300
1399
TWO GEORGE III SILKWORK PICTURES
LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
each worked in colours with a spray of flowers,
one inscribed ‘Lucy Ralton. 5th, Year of her Age’,
the other ‘Maria Ralton. 4th, Year of her Age’ (2)
22.8 x 17.5cm (max)
￡100-150
1400
THREE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS
AFTER HOGARTH, MID / LATE 18TH
CENTURY
titled ‘Gin Lane’, ‘Beer Street’ and ‘A Midnight
Modern Conversation’, together with a coloured
stipple engraving of a gentleman resting on a
plinth, an engraved view titled ‘A North East
Perspective of the (Belfrey) Cathedral Church and
Close of Sarum, 1759’, a coloured equestrian
engraving titled ‘Le Chasseur au Tirer’, and three
satirical engravings after Rowlandson and others (9)
51.5 x 62cm (max)
￡100-200
1401
A LARGE REGENCY NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
C.1820-30
worked in coloured silks and depicting a large
group of young ladies involved in a variety of
pastimes including skipping, hula hoop and
possibly an early version of badminton,
surrounded by fruit and pine trees, in the garden
of a three storey country house, possibly a
finishing school, in a modern glazed frame
47.7 x 64.7cm
￡400-600
1402
‘A STORM IN HARVEST’ - A LARGE COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING
BY R.M. MEADOWS AFTER RICHARD WESTALL (1765 - 1836), EARLY 19TH CENTURY
in a glazed giltwood and gesso frame
53.5 x 71.5cm
￡100-150
1403
A TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF WILTSHIRE
AFTER JOHN ANDREWS AND ANDREW
DURY, DUKE’S COURT, ST MARTINS
LANE, LONDON, C.1773
taken from an Actual Survey, on eighteen
sheets (complete) to a scale of 2 inches to a
mile, with some outline colouring, preceded
by the ‘Index Map to the large one’, rebound
in half leather over marbled boards with a gilt
title to the spine
￡400-600
1404
A SET OF SIX PRINTS FROM THE
PROCESSION AT THE CORONATION OF
GEORGE IV
BY JOHN WHITTAKER, AFTER JAMES
AND FRANCIS STEPHANOF, C.1823
to include two detailing the Order of the
Procession with gilt cartouches beneath large
Prince of Wales feathers and above a line of
figures, two with two lines of figures and two
further with a single line of figures, most
giving details of the figures in pen verso, in
glazed frames (6)
64 x 52.2cm (max)
Provenance
The Charrington Family Collection, Winchfield
House, Hampshire.
￡200-300
1405
A PORTRAIT OF A MAN
OIL ON PANEL, 19TH CENTURY
wearing a black jacket over a white shirt, oval,
inscription verso, in a gilt frame
30.5 x 26.5cm
￡100-150
1406
A PAIR OF PLAYING CARD MAPS
AFTER WILLIAM REDMAYNE, EARLY
18TH CENTURY
of Wiltshire (two of diamonds) and
Somersetshire (three of diamonds), the
uncoloured maps with English text above and
below, mounted in one frame
each 9 x 5.4cm
￡200-300
1407
A COLOURED EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT
ENGRAVING
LATE 17TH CENTURY
possibly King Charles XI of Sweden, together
with a pair of mezzotint portraits, after
Kneller, of Joseph Addison and Arthur
Maynwaring, and a coloured engraved bird’s
eye view, after J Kyp, of Easington (4)
56.3 x 45.2cm (max)
￡100-200
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1408
A CAUCASIAN DESIGN RUG
TURKEY, C.1910
the brick red field with four panels of
hooked devices, enclosed by ivory and
polychrome borders, flanked by apple
green and brick red guard stripes,
together with a Kayseri prayer rug,
Khorasan rug and a modern Turkish rug
of Kazak design (4)
243 x 134cm (max)
Provenance
From a Private Collection. ￡300-500
1409
AN ISFAHAN RUG
CENTRAL PERSIA, C.1920
the brick red field with a central indigo
and ivory panel depicting a Persian
monarch beneath a bird of prey and a
lion devouring an antelope, enclosed by
upper spandrels of trees and birds, flanked by floral guard stripes
216 x 140cm ￡100-200
1410
A TABRIZ CARPET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, C.1950
the ivory field of large palmettes and
vines centred by a cusped brick red
medallion enclosed by indigo borders
with further palmettes and vines flanked by ice blue guard stripes
385 x 282cm ￡200-300
1411
A DOBAG RUG
TURKEY, C.1980
the forest green field centred by a pale
terracotta latch hook lozenge
medallion, framed by multiple borders,
together with a Kazak rug (2)
212 x 143cm (max) ￡200-300
1412
A KARABAGH RUG
SOUTH CAUCASUS, C.1910
the lattice field of polychrome stellar
devices, enclosed by leaf and calyx
borders, flanked by meandering guard
stripes
230 x 109cm
Provenance
From a Private Collection. ￡250-350
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1414
A VICTORIAN WALNUT LIBRARY LADDER
LATE 19TH CENTURY
with baize lined treads
183cm high, 43.8cm wide, 109.5cm deep (open)
Provenance
Hurstbourne Park, Whitchurch, Hampshire.
￡150-250
1415
A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN OAK AND LEATHER
UPHOLSTERED LIBRARY CHAIRS
MID-19TH CENTURY
with scroll arms, reeded front legs and buttoned upholstery with
brass stud detail (2)
￡800-1,200
1416
A FRENCH BERGERE SOFA
LATE 19TH CENTURY
the foliate carved oak frame with a caned back, double caned arms
and a later linen upholstered loose cushion
105.5cm high, 167cm wide, 69cm deep
￡500-800
1413
A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY OVAL
PARTNER’S PEDESTAL DESK
IN GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH /
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the top inset with a tooled leather writing surface
above six frieze drawers and cupboards, one fitted
with further drawers, on castors
77.5cm high, 151cm wide, 113cm deep
￡800-1,200
1417
1419
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1417
A VICTORIAN WALNUT LOW OPEN BOOKCASE
C.1860-70
with gilt brass mounts and adjustable shelves
86.7cm high, 198.2cm wide, 23.5cm deep
￡300-400
1418
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TWIN PEDESTAL DESK
C.1860
the top inset with a gilt tooled green leather writing
surface above an arrangement of nine drawers on
castors
75.2cm high, 121cm wide, 74.5cm deep
￡300-400
1419
A VICTORIAN WALNUT VITRINE
C.1860-70
of serpentine outline, with two glass shelves, on castors
104.3cm high, 48cm wide
￡300-500
1420
A PAIR OF GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
AFTER A GILLOWS GEORGE III DESIGN,
LATE 19TH CENTURY
each with a shield shaped back carved with ribbons,
harebells and palmettes, above a serpentine front
seat (2)
￡200-300
1421
A PAIR OF MAHOGANY STOOLS IN GEORGE II
STYLE
POSSIBLY IRISH, 19TH CENTURY
each with a floral needlework seat on acanthus
carved legs and claw and ball feet (2)
44.5cm high, 60.5 wide, 46cm deep
Provenance
The Groves of Castle Grove, Donegal.
By descent to Commander Peter Campbell,
and thence by descent to the present owner.
￡150-250
1422
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE CAMPAIGN CHEST
LATE 19TH CENTURY
in two sections, with three short drawers, the central secretaire fitted with
bird’s eye maple drawers and pigeonholes and a leather writing surface above
three long drawers, with sunken brass military style handles
106.2cm high, 99cm wide, 45.4cm deep
￡1,500-2,000
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN OCCASIONAL TABLE
C.1840-50
the circular fixed top decorated with geometric oyster
veneers on a faceted stem
71.7cm high, 57.7cm diameter
￡200-300
1425
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1423
A MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR
IN GEORGE II STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
with scroll arms on leaf carved front legs and claw and ball feet
￡300-500
top
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AN ANATOLIAN PRAYER RUG
C.1900
the deep aubergine field of geometric motifs
beneath an arrowhead Mihrab, flanked by
upper spandrels and stellar motif borders,
together with a 19th century Anatolian prayer
rug (2)
148 x 87cm ￡400-600
1427
A KARABAGH RUNNER
SOUTH CAUCASUS, C.1900
the serrated gul field enclosed by ivory
borders of stepped diamond medallions and
outer arrowhead guard stripes, together with a
Kazak prayer rug (2)
219 x 117cm (max)
Provenance
From a Private Collection. ￡200-300
1428
A SAROUKH RUG
WEST PERSIA, C.1950
the shaped indigo field of boteh, centred by a
terracotta and sky blue medallion, framed by
ivory spandrels and floral borders, flanked by
saw tooth guard stripes
160 x 104cm ￡200-300
1429
A NEEDLEPOINT RUG OF EUROPEAN
DESIGN
20TH CENTURY
the deep olive green field with columns of flowers and vines, enclosed by narrow holly
leaf borders
302 x 103cm ￡200-300
1430
A HUNTING CARPET
PROBABLY TABRIZ, C.1950
the indigo field with mounted huntsmen in
pursuit of wild beasts, enclosed by terracotta
borders of animals, trees and birds flanked by
lemon guard stripes, signed twice in the upper
guard stripe
325 x 266cm ￡150-250
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1431
A SET OF FIVE BEECHWOOD DINING CHAIRS
19TH CENTURY
each with a balloon back and a drop-in seat covered
with Colefax & Fowler’s Eaton check fabric (5)
Provenance
Purchased by the current vendor from Colefax &
Fowler in 1993.
￡150-250
1432
A CREAM PAINTED BREAKFAST TABLE
POSSIBLY BY COLEFAX & FOWLER, MID-19TH
CENTURY AND LATER
the circular tilt-top on a faceted stem
71.3cm high, 120cm diameter
￡300-500
1433
A PAIR OF WHITE PAINTED BERGERE
ARMCHAIRS
IN REGENCY STYLE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH
CENTURY
each of tub form, with a caned back and seat and later
cushion (2)
Provenance
Hurstbourne Park, Whitchurch, Hampshire.
￡200-300
1434
A PAIR OF BRASS OCCASIONAL TABLES
MID-20TH CENTURY
each inset with a rectangular glass top (2)
46cm high, 46.5cm wide, 34cm deep
￡150-200
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1435
‘TESS’. A VICTORIAN COUNTRY HOUSE ROCKING HORSE
19TH CENTURY AND LATER RESTORED
the carved and painted dapple grey horse, with real hair mane and
tail, with leather side saddle and tack, on a green painted bow rocker
94.7cm high, 173cm long
Provenance
Purchased from Harrods Antique and Fine Furniture Department, 4th
April 2011 and described as ‘Tess’. A fully restored carved bow
rocking horse. Circa pre 1860.
￡600-1,000
1436
A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC PARLOUR
GOLF GAME TABLE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
the reversible top stamped ‘PARLOUR GOLF Patent Applied For’ and
the underside stamped ‘WW’, with two clubs and two balls
61cm high, 43cm diameter
￡100-200
1437
A SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY BONHEUR DU JOUR
POSSIBLY IRISH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the top section with three doors each revealing four drawers, the
central door inlaid with a marquetry urn with bone stringing, above a
frieze drawer fitted with a hinged writing surface with divisions and
compartments for pens and ink
133cm high, 102.3cm wide, 47.7cm deep
Provenance
The Groves of Castle Grove, Donegal.
By descent to Commander Peter Campbell.
And by descent to the present owner.
￡100-200
1438
A MAHOGANY SOFA
IN GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the serpentine back above scroll arms on panelled tapering legs and
ceramic castors
92.2cm high, 168cm wide, 62.5cm deep
Provenance
The Charrington Family Collection, Winchfield House, Hampshire.
￡400-600
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1439
A FRENCH BRONZE AND TILE COFFEE TABLE
MODERN
the inset red marble effect tile top on lion’s
monopodia feet
44.2cm high, 131cm wide, 130.2cm deep
￡400-600
1440
A LEATHER AND BRASS STIRRUP TABLE LAMP
IN THE MANNER OF HERMES, 20TH CENTURY
on a circular base
66.5cm high, 26cm diameter (max)
￡150-250
1441
A LOUIS VUITTON MONOGRAM BISTEN 75
SUITCASE
THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
with leather trim and brass hardware, the lock
stamped with serial number ‘1015875’, the interior
label with serial number ‘988016’, with luggage tag
17.5cm high, 75.5cm wide, 50cm deep
￡800-1,200
1442
A LOUIS VUITTON MONOGRAM BISTEN 70
SUITCASE
THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
with leather trim and brass hardware, the lock
stamped with serial number ‘1035092’, the interior
label with serial number ‘993531’, with luggage tag
17.5cm high, 70.8cm wide, 47cm deep
￡800-1,200
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1% ￡200,000.01 - 350,000
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Up to a maximum levy of ￡12,500
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THE BUTLER HOARD
The Collection of Roderick and Valentine Butler
Roderick Butler’s fascination with candlesticks
began in 1957 when he joined the family antiques
business. His father had owned a small collection
of trumpet-based sticks, but they were sold after
Roderick’s mother objected to having “more brass
to clean.”
From the outset, Roderick believed collecting
should offer both purpose and challenge. He
began his own collection, retaining only fine or
rare pieces in good condition—each with
distinctive design features or makers' marks.
Over time, that purpose crystallised into a central
question: who were the makers of these objects,
and could they be identified? With little published
information available, Roderick and his wife,
Valentine, undertook extensive research while
continuing to grow their collection.
In the decades that followed, Roderick became widely respected not only as a dealer but as a leading authority on antique metalwork.
A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a long-standing member of the British Antique Dealers’ Association, he also served on
the vetting panel of the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, chairing it in its final years.
Roderick and Valentine’s shared passion for metalware and its history is evident in their body of work, which includes many published
research papers in the Antique Metalware Society (ably assisted by C.P. Green and N. Bollen) and various museum consultancy
projects. They have also staged several notable exhibitions at Marwood House. Among these were:
? Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600–c.1900 (2001)
? English Bronze Cooking Vessels and their Founders 1350–1830 (2003)
The accompanying handbooks remain cornerstone
references in the field. Many of the objects featured in
these exhibitions—some unseen on the open market for
over seventy years—are included in this sale.
The Butlers consider themselves fortunate to have
studied, handled, and shared knowledge about such fine
metalwork with curators, archaeologists, and
professionals from the National Trust, the Antique
Metalware Society, and West Dean College.
Now, after decades of collecting and research, Roderick
has concluded—perhaps inevitably—that he does indeed
have too much brass to clean. We are honoured to present
this remarkable collection for sale at Woolley & Wallis.
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A BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICK
ATTRIBUTED TO NUREMBERG, C. 1600
having a brass pricket in a shallow drip-pan, on a
baluster, ball and inverted bulbous-baluster stem,
each baluster with iron core-pins, the triform base
cast with winged angel heads together with foliate
and punched decoration, a casting fault to one base
side which appears never to have been rectified
31.5cm high
Literature
See Otto A. Baumg?rtel, ‘Gl?nzend Wie Gold’ no. 13
for a similar example.
￡250-350
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A BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICK
ATTRIBUTED TO NUREMBERG, C.1500
the iron pricket with traces of red paint, in a shallow
dished candle-cup, on a triple discoid knop stem and
stepped raised spreading circular base
30cm high
Literature
See Otto A. Baumg?rtel, ‘Gl?nzend Wie Gold’ nos. 10
& 11 for similar examples which also have red paint
to the pricket.
￡400-600
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A BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK
DUTCH, C.1600
the socket with paired circular extraction holes,
on a short inverted-baluster stem, a broad and
dished drip-pan, atop an inverted-baluster stem and
domed foot, with linear decoration
19cm high
Literature
Ter Kuile, Onno, Koper & Brons, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘s-gravenhage, 1986,
p.107, no. 147, for a comparable example.
￡200-300
4
A MID-17TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICK
NUREMBERG, C.1650
having a bold socket with a moulded rim, an acorn
knop stem screwed to a wide flat circular base with
three trefoil lobes and baluster-shaped feet (one
professionally replaced)
18.5cm high
Catalogue Note
The design of this candlestick would indicate an
Iberian origin. However, the quality of manufacture
points to a centre of excellence, such as Nuremberg,
indicating it was likely made for export to Iberia or
even Scandinavia.
￡400-600
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A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY JOHANN WINDHESEL, NUREMBERG,
C.1710-30
having a slightly flared straight-sided socket, a knopped
stem atop a relatively flat drip-pan and bell-base,
maker’s mark to the foot rim (monk with a rosary)
8.5cm high
Literature
See Hermann P. Lockner, ‘Die Merzeichen der
Nürnberger Rotschmiede’, p. 155, no. 1121.
￡300-400
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3
5
4
4
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AN UNUSUALLY LARGE PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS
NUREMBERG, C.1650-1700
each with a cylindrical socket on a baluster, discoid and inverted bulbous-baluster stem, atop a broad drip-pan and bell-base, with cast and engraved banded
decoration, unusually not maker marked (2)
25.3cm high
￡1,000-1,500
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A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK
MAKER MARKED, NUREMBERG, C.1710-30
cast and turned in two parts, screwed together, having a slightly flared
straight-sided socket and knopped stem, atop a relatively flat drip-pan and
bell-base, partial punched maker’s mark (winged angel’s head) to foot rim
7.8cm high
Catalogue Note
R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 102, no 221. See Hermann P. Lockner, ‘Die
Merzeichen der Nürnberger Rotschmiede’, p. 150/1, no. 1101 for the mark of
Johann Georg Romsteck which may be the maker of this candlestick.
￡200-300
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A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK
MAKER MARKED, NUREMBERG, C.1710-30
having a slightly flared straight-sided socket, a knopped stem, atop a relatively
flat drip-pan and bell-base, maker’s mark to foot rim, partial punched maker’s
mark (winged angel’s head) to the foot rim
7.8cm high
Literature
See Hermann P. Lockner, ‘Die Merzeichen der Nürnberger Rotschmiede’, p.
150/1, no. 1101 for the mark of Johann Georg Romsteck which may be the
maker of this candlestick.
￡200-300
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A BRONZE SKILLET
BY THOMAS BLINMAN & CO, BRISTOL,
C.1820
the plain bowl with a moulded rim, the handle
with a solid Vbrace and cast ‘T. BLINMAN & CO’,
on three ‘D’-shaped and prominently splayed legs
13.9cm high to rim, 14.7cm diameter
Literature
See R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking
Vessels & Their Founders 1350-1830’, pp.42-3 for
similar skillets.
￡100-150
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AN 18TH CENTURY BRONZE SKILLET
PROBABLY BRISTOL
having a plain bowl, the handle with a notched
wedge brace and illegible inscription, on three
‘D’-shaped tapered legs, together with another
George III bronze skillet by Allen Bright & Co.,
Bristol (2)
14.5cm high max to the rim, 17.3cm diameter
(max)
Catalogue Note
Sketchley’s trade directory of 1775 records an
Allen Bright as a pewterer, brazier and worm
maker.
￡150-200
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A GEORGE III BRONZE SKILLET
BY BAND AND HINE, BRIDGWATER /
EXETER, C.1770-80
having a plain bowl with no scratch marks, on
three ‘D’shaped splayed legs, the handle with a
wedge brace and cast ‘BAND & HINE NoIV’
16.3cm high max to the rim, 17.4cm diameter
Catalogue Note
Skillets with handles cast ‘BAND’ and then blank
are well recorded but examples including ‘HINE’
are very rare.
Literature
See R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking
Vessels & Their Founders 1350-1830’, p.36, no.1
for a similar example.
￡150-200
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A GEORGE III BRONZE SKILLET
BY HALE & SONS, BRISTOL, C.1790
having a plain bowl, on three plain ‘D’-shaped and
splayed legs, the handle with ‘V’-shaped brace and
cast ‘HALE & SONS *2’
14.8cm high to rim, 16cm diameter
Catalogue Note
Sketchley’s Directory of 1775 records William
Hale & Son, coppersmiths and braziers, 2
Charlotte Street. Matthew’s Directory of 1793-4
records a Richard and Thomas Hale.
￡100-150
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A CHARLES II BRONZE ‘MOTTO’ SKILLET
WEST COUNTRY, PROBABLY BY THOMAS
STURTON II, C.1670
loam cast, the bowl with four-arc and stylised ‘T’
founder’s marks, on ribbed and splayed legs, the
handle cast with the motto ‘BEE CONSTANT’
13.5cm high max to rim, 17.2cm diameter
￡200-300
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A DOCUMENTED CHARLES II BRONZE
‘MOTTO’ SKILLET
BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.1629-1682),
SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, C.1670
loam cast, the bowl with a slight rim, four-arc and
stylised ‘T’ founder’s marks, on ribbed legs, the
handle with V-brace and cast ‘WIL THIS PLES YOU’
16.3cm high to the rim, 21.8cm diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze
Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 1350-1830’,
p. 108, no. 102.
￡200-300
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PRESENTLY THE EARLIEST RECORDED WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY
MORTAR, LONDON: AN ELIZABETH I BRONZE MORTAR
ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT MOT (FL.1574-1606)
the form reminiscent of Flemish mortars of the same period, with
Renaissance-style foliate arabesque waist decoration, the rim cast with
the inscription: ‘I SPEKE TO THE NO EVELE’
10.8cm high, 14.2cm diameter
Provenance
Formerly in the John Fardon Collection.
Catalogue Note
One previously recorded mortar by Mot (whereabouts unknown) inscribed
round the rim ‘ROBERTVSMOT ME FECIT 1590’ was originally in the
collection of E. Saville-Peck, p. 65. The Whitechapel Foundry was
established by 1567 by an unidentified precursor of Robert Mot.
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Michael Finlay, ‘English Decorated Bronze
Mortars’, p. 65, no. 84.
￡1,000-1,500
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THE CARNFORTH POSNET: AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADED BRONZE
POSNET
ENGLISH, C.1200-1300
the spherical plain body with flared rim, on three tall rectangular-section
legs, the tapering handle supported by an open curved brace, and with a
downswept kicked terminal
31cm high to tip of handle , 37.5cm long, 16.5cm diameter
Catalogue Note
The spherical-shaped body makes this the earliest type of Medieval posnet
recorded. This lot is a remarkable survivor, having been discovered in October
2003 by a metal detectorist, ‘feet down’ and just a few inches below the
surface of a watery meadow near Carnforth, Lancashire (Portable Antiquities
database no. LVPL838). It is remarkable not to have split from frost, it is
almost undamaged. It appears never to have been used due to the condition
of the base of the legs where every detail of casting can be seen, if used in a
fire only once and dragged over the hearth stones this would be visible.
Literature
N. Herepath & R. Butler, ‘Medieval Archaeology Journal of the Society of
Medieval Archaeology’, 2004, Vol XLVIII, p.239-40. See also R. Butler,
‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware,
c. 1600 - c. 1900’ (2001), p. 174, for another very similar posnet, and an
accompanying illustration from the 13th century Romance of Alexander,
showing a posnet of this type and decoration in use. A comparable posnet
sold Bonhams, The John Douglas Collection, 19th April 2021, lot 234,
(￡7,650), from Ballintium House, Strathardle, Scotland.
￡4,000-6,000
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A CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR
SOMERSET, DATED ‘1680’, MAKER’S MARK OF THOMAS STURTON, (B.1629-D.1683)
a scratched marked ‘T’ and four-arc mark, along with the date ‘1680’, opposed by the ownership triad ‘G’ over ‘GA’, below a scratched decorative frieze
of overlapping semi-circles
14.6cm high, 19cm rim diameter
Provenance
Formerly in the John Farndon Collection.
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Michael Finlay, ‘English Decorated Bronze Mortars’, p. 120, no. 233.
￡600-800
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A REGENCY GILT-BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
BY THOMAS B. WHITFIELD, BIRMINGHAM (FL.1818-1833), C.1820
cast as a dolphin supporting a scallop shell centred by a shell-shaped nozzle,
stamped ‘PUBLISHED AS THE ACT DIRECTS FEB 24 1831 T B WHITFIELD
NO. 115’ to the base
8.5cm high, 11.4cm wide
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and
Other Base Metalware, c.1600-c.1900’ (2001), p.93, no. 199. See also Journal
of the ‘Antique Metalware Society’, Vol. 7, 1999, illustrated on the front cover.
￡120-180
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A WILLIAM IV BRONZE CHAMBERSTICK
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, BY PHIPSON & LAMBLEY (FL.1828-1835),
BIRMINGHAM, DATED ‘1832’
of oil lamp design, with a gadrooned-urn socket, on a rounded oval tray with a
swan-neck handle and conical douter, the underside cast ‘PUBLISHED BY
PHIPSON & LAMBLEY 1832’
15.9cm
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and
Other Base Metalware, c.1600-c.1900’ (2001), p.70, no.150 and Journal of
the ‘Antique Metalware Society’, Vol. 7, 1999 for published ‘As the Act Directs’.
￡120-180
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AN INTERESTING GEORGE III BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
C.1800
made entirely of thin sheet, even the acanthus leaf handle of two pressed
elements filled with lead, the drip-pan engraved ‘ROMAN TREASURY BRASS
OF CLAUDIUS CEASAR AD42’ (treasury brass referring to coin), together with
another George III brass chamberstick, with twist stump ejector, seamed
socket and an unexplained ‘gadget’ to the short stem, losses to rim of drip-pan,
riveted finger carry handle (2)
14.6cm diameter (max)
￡60-80
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A RARE VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
BY BARLOW, BIRMINGHAM, C.1850
with a push-up stump ejector and spring loaded candle grip within a cylindrical
linear decorated stem, on a circular dish base, with scroll finger-handle,
stamped ‘J BARLOW’S PATENT’ to the top of ejector
10.7cm high, 15.5cm diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and
Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 11, no. 12.
￡80-120
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A VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
BY J M HASTINGS, BIRMINGHAM, C.1850-60
having a tulip-shaped socket with wide flared sconce, centred by a ‘save-all’,
the cylindrical extending stem with a plaque inscribed ‘MOFFAT’S PATENT J
M HASTINGS MANUFACTURERS 26 COLESHILL ST BIRMINGHAM’, on a
dished circular base, the scroll finger-handle attached by copper rivets
9cm high (closed), 12.5cm diameter
Literature
See Shire Album, 311, ‘Brass and Brassware’, p.19 for a similar chamberstick
with applied maker’s plaque.
￡80-120
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A GEORGE II BRASS TAPERSTICK
C.1720-30
of silver form, with a single mid-fillet to the
socket, on an inverted-baluster stem and
dished square base with concave corners,
remains of silvering
10.8cm high
￡200-300
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS
TAPERSTICKS
BY ROBERT BUSH SENIOR, BRISTOL,
(FL.1755-1807), C.1760
seamed, each with mid-fillet cylindrical
socket above a knopped stem and a shaped
petal- base, cast ‘BUSH’ to the underside (2)
12.7cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 19, no. 27.
See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick
1425-1925’, p.136, no. 117, for a pair of
candlesticks by Robert Bush Sr. with similar
socket and stem.
￡400-500
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A GEORGE III HIGH-COPPER BRASS
TAPERSTICK
C.1760
having a cylindrical socket, a columnar stem
and dished flat square base
13cm high
Literature
See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick
1425-1925’, p.169, no. 115 for a comparable
example.
Exhibited
Keith Pinn, Essex, December 1981, no. 8.
￡200-300
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A GEORGE I BRASS TAPERSTICK
C.1720
having a faceted waisted socket, a faceted
baluster stem and raised hexagonal base
12.5cm high
Exhibited
Keith Pinn, Essex, December 1981, no. 9
￡200-300
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A GEORGE II BRASS TAPERSTICK
C.1720-40
seamed, the cylindrical socket with a flared
flange, on an inverted-baluster stem, the
circular dished base having four unusual
‘indents’ to the footrim matching the design
of the upper stem knop, and engraved with a
letter ‘W’ beneath a coronet for a Viscount
11.3cm high
Literature
See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick
1425-1925’, p.114, no. 90 for a highly
comparable example.
￡250-350
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A RARE HENRI II BRASS MINIATURE
CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.1550
having a flared and single reeded socket, a
flat square knop and entasis column stem, on
a dished circular base with raised foot rim
11.7cm high
Literature
See R. F. Michaelis, ‘Old Domestic BaseMetal Candlesticks’, p. 45, see fig.38, and
Bonhams, Oxford, 1st October 2014, lot 367,
for comparable candlesticks.
Exhibited
Keith Pinn, Essex, December 1981, no. 7.
￡400-600
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A LATTEN SPOON
FORMERLY A PASTRY JIGGER, C.1600
originally tinned, having a fig-shaped bowl, flattened
hexagonal tapering stem, with divergent end and pin to hold
the jigger
13.2cm long
Literature
Illustrated in M. Finlay ‘Pastry Jiggers and Pastry Prints”, p.16,
no. 45.
￡100-150
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A CHARLES II LATTEN SCROLL-BALUSTER AND
GADROONED SEAL TOP SPOON
C. 1670
having a tapering flattened hexagonal stem, maker’s mark of
‘G B’ to oval bowl
17.8cm long
Literature
R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and
Other Base Metalware, c.1600-c.1900’, (2001), p. 39, no. 56.
The author notes the brazed repair to the base of the stem,
possibly indicating parts of two spoons.
￡60-80
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A CHARLES II TINNED LATTEN SCROLL-BALUSTER
AND GADROONED SEAL TOP SPOON
C. 1670
having a tapering flattened hexagonal stem, the fig-shaped
bowl with ‘double-whited’ maker’s mark ‘RB’, interesting
historic repair joining two spoons together
17.3cm long
￡60-80
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A 17TH CENTURY LATTEN ST. JOHN APOSTLE SPOON
C.1640
having a flattened hexagonal tapering stem, the fig-shaped
bowl with stamped maker’s mark of a Tudor rose
17.1cm long
￡100-150
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A CHARLES II TINNED LATTEN SCROLL-BALUSTER
AND GADROONED SEAL TOP SPOON
C. 1660
having a tapering flattened stem, the oval bowl with stamped
maker’s mark ‘IR’
17.7cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked
Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600-c.1900’,
(2001), p. 49, no. 92.
￡80-120
34
A WIILLIAM AND MARY TINNED LATTEN TREFID
SPOON
C.1690
the oval bowl with ‘double-whited’ maker’s stamp ‘HH’, the
stem with linear edge decoration, together with another
tinned latten trefid spoon with a ‘double-whited’ maker’s mark
(2)
17.7cm long (max)
Literature
The first spoon illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600-
c.1900’, (2001), p. 46, no. 86.
￡100-150
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38
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A WILLIAM AND MARY TINNED LATTEN TREFID
SPOON
BY GABRIEL GRUNWIN (FL. 16811713)
maker’s mark to oval bowl ‘GG’ beneath a heart,
(PS4123)
18.4cm long
￡100-150
36
A CHARLES II TINNED LATTEN SCROLLBALUSTER AND GADROONED SEAL TOP
SPOON
C.1670
having a tapering flattened hexagonal stem, maker’s
mark of a Tudor rose to fig-shaped bowl
17.4cm long
￡100-150
37
A 17TH CENTURY LATTEN ST. MATTHEW THE
EVANGELIST APOSTLE SPOON
C.1640
having a tapering flattened stem, a figshaped bowl
stamped with maker’s mark of a Tudor rose
17.4cm long
￡100-150
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AN ELIZABETH I LATTEN SEAL TOP SPOON
ALMOST CERTAINLY LONDON, C.1600
with tapering flattened hexagonal stem, fleur-delys
maker’s mark to figshaped bowl
15.5cm long
￡200-300
39
A 17TH CENTURY LATTEN APOSTLE SPOON
C.1640
having a flattened and bevelled tapering stem, a round
bowl with indistinct maker’s mark (‘IC’ or ‘IG’)
17.6cm long
￡100-150
40
A CHARLES I LATTEN STRAWBERRY KNOP
SPOON
C.1640
with flattened and bevelled tapering stem, the round
bowl with indistinct ‘doublewhited’ maker’s mark,
thereby implying the spoon was originally tinned
16.9cm long
￡200-300
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40
41
42
43
44
46
41
A GEORGE III OAK HANGING SPOON RACK
C.1790
with eleven apertures and an ‘archers-bow’ base
53.7cm high, 31.7cm wide, 10.7cm deep ￡100-150
42
TWO LATE 18TH CENTURY SPIRAL IRON
CANDLESTICKS
ENGLISH OR FRENCH, C.1790
each having a stem formed from a piece of flat, coiled
steel, terminating in a hook for hanging, one fitted with
a rounded traveller, on domed and turned beech base (2)
19.8cm high (max) ￡80-120
43
A LATE 18TH CENTURY SPIRAL IRON
CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH OR FRENCH, C.1780
the stem formed from a piece of flat, coiled, iron,
terminating in a pointed-hook for hanging, fitted with a
traveller with tightly coiled terminal, on a fruitwood
base
19.3cm high ￡100-150
44
A SHEET-BRASS HANGING LANTERN
19TH CENTURY
of barrel shape, with fluted ‘chimney’, the body formed
from straps with horn panes, enclosing a cylindrical
socket and drip-pan with raised narrow rim
30cm high ￡100-150
45
A GEORGE III OAK CANDLEBOX
C.1800
of tapering form with a hinged sloping lid and stepped
arched and pierced backplate
47.6cm high, 19.2cm wide, 14cm deep ￡60-80
46
A WILLIAM IV SHEET IRON PALMER’S PATENT’
‘SELF-EXTINGUISHING’ NIGHT CANDLESTICK
C.1835
having one tube housing a sprung candle-holder and an
opposing smaller tube supporting a snuffer with
duration adjustment, on a square dished and box-form
base, centred by ‘PALMER PATENT’ plate, with rare
remains of green paint
34.5cm high
Catalogue Note
Palmer’s patent of 1832 included a design for the
candle-holder outside of the tube which contained the
spring. This twin tube design was deemed an
improvement on the single tube which could get
‘gummed-up’ with wax. ￡200-300
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A WONDERFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE BRONZE CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH, C.1400-1500
having a cylindrical socket with linear decoration, the solid cylindrical stem
centred by a discoid knop, on a shallow capstan-form base, old losses to base
15.3cm high
Catalogue Note
This candlestick forms part of a small group recognised as the earliest stable
form of copper-alloy candlestick manufactured in England in the late 14th
and 15th century. At first glance it is comparable to the so-called ‘Bunsen
Burner’ candlesticks of similar date, namely in the design of the stem and
socket. However, the base design is completely different and far rarer; it is
concave and not simply straight-sided. The candlestick’s fine patination
implies an archaeological recovery and the crisp detail retained implies it was
‘lost’ when fairly new.
For a comparable example see the Victoria & Albert Museum, London,
acc.no. M.571-1911.
Literature
W. G. Mackay Thomas ‘English Candlesticks Before 1600’, pp. 21, 22, pls. 8, 9.
Exhibited
Antique Metalware Society, ‘Finds’, September 2006, Taunton.
￡4,000-6,000
48
A DOCUMENTED GEORGE III RUSHLIGHT AND
CANDLEHOLDER
DEVON. C.1800
having a wrought iron rolled socket and short rectangular
jaws on a twist and plain stem, the whole on a domed and
turned beech base with original blue paint
28.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in, R. Ashley, ‘The Rushlight &
Related Holders’, p. 225, fig. 183A. The author notes the
angle, position and length of arm is indicative of holders
found from the east of the Dartmoor area.
Exhibited
‘An Exhibition of Candlesticks’, Spink, London, 1974, no.
118. Old label reading ‘Newton Abbott’ to underside.
￡300-500
49
A DOCUMENTED EARLY 19TH CENTURY
RUSHLIGHT
HAMPSHIRE OR SUSSEX
having a pair of wrought iron spring-action ‘T’-shaped jaws
with a scroll arm, on an unusual raised moulded square oak
base
25cm high
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in R. Ashley, ‘The Rushlight &
Related Holders’, p. 212, fig. 173B.
￡200-300
50
A DOCUMENTED GEORGE III IRISH WROUGHTIRON STANDING ADJUSTABLE RUSHLIGHT AND
CANDLE HOLDER
NORTH / NORTH WEST IRELAND, C.1780
having two long main stems and single spring, on a strapstyle tripod base and ‘penny’ feet, the tapering rolled candle
holder on a twist-work arm, the rushlight with rounded
square-end jaws
76.5cm high (min)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in R. Ashley, ‘The Rushlight and
Related Holders’, p. 272, fig. 247A.
￡300-500
51
A DOCUMENTED EARLY 19TH CENTURY
RUSHLIGHT
SOUTH EAST ENGLAND, PROBABLY SUSSEX
having a pair of wrought iron slender and round-ended
spring loaded jaws, with round-section arm and stem,
on a ‘bottle-shaped’ turned elm base
22.6cm high
Provenance
Bruton Knowles, The ‘Bertie’ Isher Collection, 27th April
1976, lot 12.
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in R. Ashley, ‘The Rushlight &
Related Holders’, p. 205, fig. 162 A.
￡250-350
52
A ‘STABLE’ OR ‘BIRDCAGE’ IRON CANDLESTICK
NORTH WEST EUROPE, C.1800
of typical form, the stem of six struts (one twist-work),
topped by a pierced disc with elongated downswept hook,
the adjustable candle-holder on a circular pierced disc with
integral loop handle, a shaped drip-pan with a raised edge,
on a pine turned and waisted circular base, with a tallow
candle
21.6cm high
Literature
See P. A. Bolley, ‘Das Beleuchtungswesen’, pl. 12, for
variations on this style of candlestick.
￡150-200
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50
52
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51
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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF LARGE AND FINE
‘CHALICE AND PATEN’ BRASS CANDLESTICKS
ENGLISH, C. 1550
each having a double-waisted socket, an addorsed baluster stem
centred by a discoid knop, a dome-centred flat drip-pan with
moulded edge (the paten), on a chalice-shape support, and
spreading two-stage base, with linear bands of decoration (2)
32cm high
Catalogue Note
One candlestick has been re-peaned, the other with top and base
held be a screw which uniquely provides access to view casting
and turning technique. This pair is amongst the largest of their
type recorded.
See the Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London, for a virtually
identical single candlestick, part of the W.G. Mackay Thomas
bequest, acc. no. M.21-1964. See also Christie’s, The Lear
Collection, King Street, London, 15th December 1998, lot 53
(￡21,850); the William Du Pont Collection, Sotheby’s, New York,
22nd June 2022, lot 196 ($35,280) and lot 197, ($21,420).
See also The ‘Bertie’ Isher Collection, Bruton Knowles,
27th April 1976, lot 208.
￡30,000-50,000
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56
54
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY WILLIAM LEE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1759-1800), C.1770
having a cylindrical socket with low fillet
and integral octagonal-shaped sconce,
on an inverted-baluster and knopped
stem, raised petal-shaped base, stamped
‘Wm. LEE’ to the underside
23.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study
Collection of Marked Domestic Brass
and Other Base Metalware c.1600-
c.1900’, p.56, no. 124. William Lee is
recorded as working in Castle Street,
Birmingham, from 1759. He is listed as a
candlestick maker and founder from
1767. He appears to have retired in
1780 and died 1800. ￡120-180
55
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY WILLIAM LEE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1759-1800), C.1770
the socket with an integral drip-pan, on a
knopped stem and petal-shaped base, a
foundry patch to the larger knop,
stamped ‘WM LEE’ to the underside
20.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study
Collection of Marked Domestic Brass
and Other Base Metalware c.1600-
c.1900’, p. 56, no. 125. William Lee is
recorded as working in Castle Street,
Birmingham, from 1759. He is listed as a
candlestick maker and founder from
1767. He appears to have retired in
1780 and died 1800. ￡80-120
16
58
55
57
59
56
A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17481768), C.1755
having a single-fillet socket with an
integral cusp-edge, a faceted knopped
stem and circular petal-shaped base, with
twist-eject mechanism, stamped (mark 1)
‘GEORGE GROVE’ to the underside
19cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection
of Marked Domestic Brass and Other
Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 42,
no. 60. ￡70-100
57
A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17481768), C.1748/9
seamed, the single-fillet socket with an
integral sconce, above a faceted knopped
stem and petal-shaped base, twist
ejection mechanism, stamped ‘GEO.
GROVE’ (now virtually erased by
scraping) and ‘JOSEPH WOOD’ , maker
and retailer, Birmingham, (fl.1726-1749)
19cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection
of Marked Domestic Brass and Other
Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 95.
no. 203. ￡100-150
58
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
having a cylindrical and single-fillet
socket and integral cusp-edged sconce,
inverted-baluster and knop stem, on a raised shaped circular base, marked ‘E2K’
& X’ to the underside
20.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection
of Marked Domestic Brass and Other
Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p.51,
no. 98. ￡80-120
59
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
having a cylindrical and single mid-fillet
socket and integral flared sconce,
inverted-baluster and knop stem, on a raised shaped circular base, cast ‘E3K’ to
the underside
19.1cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection
of Marked Domestic Brass and Other
Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p.51,
no. 99. ￡80-120
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A RARE BRASS ‘TAVERN’ OR ‘COFFEE HOUSE’
CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH, C.1650-1700
having a cylindrical socket with moulded narrow flange, a slender
entasis stem with waisted end, on a slightly dished circular base,
with flared rim
20cm high
Literature
See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 1425-1925’, pp. 74-
77, nos. 41 - 45, for comparable examples inscribed and dated
16651695, 1709.
￡300-400
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A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY DWARF BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
C.1690-1700
possibly lantern candlesticks, each with a waisted socket
engraved with ownership initials ‘NR’ or ’NK’, on an inverted
acorn stem and dished octagonal base (2)
8.3cm high
Exhibited
Keith Pinn, Essex, 1981, no. 10 and BADA Exhibition, ‘England at
the time of William and Mary’, Grosvenor House, London, 1989,
no.45.
￡600-800
62
A RARE AND SMALL WILLIAM AND MARY BRASS
CANDLESTICK
C.1690
in the Huguenot manner and cast in three parts, having a slightly
waisted cylindrical socket, an acorn knop stem, circular drip-pan
with foliate cast decoration and a square base, with matching
decoration to the edge
11.1cm high
Literature
See CINOA Exhibition, 1962, pl. 165 for a set of four similar
silver candlesticks, hallmarked London 1679.
Exhibited
Spink, London, 1974, no. 24.
￡400-600
63
A BRASS ‘TAVERN’ OR ‘COFFEE HOUSE’ CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH, C.1670-1700
having a cylindrical socket, a slender entasis stem, a slightly
domed circular base with spreading foot rim, a possible stamped
mark to foot rim
21cm high
Literature
See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 1425-1925’ (2001),
pp. 7477, nos. 41 45, for comparable examples inscribed and
dated 1665-1695, 1709.
￡300-500
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AN UNSUAL GEORGE II BRASS TWINBRANCH
CANDELABRUM
C.1750
with a pair of articulated and vertically adjustable ‘S’-scroll
branches, each with a detachable cylindrical socket and flat
narrow-rim dish-pan, one socket and arm marked ‘ ? ? ‘
38.5cm high
￡300-500
60 61
62 63
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON,
(FL.1781-1804)
each having a cylindrical socket with an integral
flared sconce, a baluster stem on a flat dished
square foot, cast ‘E2K’ to the underside (2)
15.9cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 51, no. 95. The
numeral ‘2’ that forms part of the mark is thought
to refer to the size of the candlestick.
￡200-300
66
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON,
(FL.1781-1804)
each having a single mid-fillet cylindrical socket
and a cusp-edged flared sconce, a knopped stem
and shaped circular base, push ejector to the
underside along with cast initials ‘E K’ (2)
20.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 51, no. 100.
￡150-200
67
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD DURNALL, BIRMINGHAM,
(FL.1759-1801) , C.1765
each with a single-fillet cylindrical socket with
integral sconce, above a knopped stem and petalshaped base, seamed and with twist-eject
mechanism, stamped ‘Ed DURNALL’ to the
underside (2)
17.8cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 30, no. 43.
￡200-300
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
PROBABLY IRISH, C.1760-80
each having a tall cylindrical socket, a large reeded
knop atop a tapering fluted stem, on a stepped
circular base with geometric line decoration and
an hexagonal foot (2)
28.5cm high
Literature
See Antique Metalware Society Journal 1999,
p.46, fig. 6b for a very similar candlestick where it
is noted ‘this form is found in Ireland in some
quantity’. See also E. Koldeweij, ‘The English
Candlestick 14251925’, p.179, no. 166 and the
John Douglas Collection, sold Bonhams, 19th April
2021, lot 198 for further examples.
￡150-200
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD BERRY, C.1760-80
seamed, each with a single-fillet socket with an
integral sconce, above a discoid knop and tapering
stem, on a dished square base with internal
pusher, stamped ‘E BERRY’ to the underside (2)
26.8cm high
Catalogue Note
Edward Berry, a brazier by trade, worked at 15 St
Paul’s Churchyard 176575 and at 74 Great
Queen Street 17779. See the British Museum
Collection, London, for the trade sheet of Edward
Berry, ‘Ironmonger, Brazier and Founder, at the
Two Candlesticks & Bell, the South Side of St.
Pauls Church Yard, London’, donated by Sir
Ambrose Heal, museum no. Heal 85.26 and a billhead for Edward Berry dated ‘74, no. Heal 85.28.
￡300-400
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A PAIR OF GEORGE I BRASS CANDLESTICKS
C.1720
each having an octagonal socket and baluster
stem, on a raised faceted and octagonal base, one
with a foundry patch (2)
19.5cm high
￡150-200
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A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEET-BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
IN THE NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE AND
CONSTRUCTED IN THE OLD SHEFFIELD
PLATE MANNER, C.1770
each with a Corinthian capital socket on a fluted
columnar stem, raised concave square base
embossed with NeoClassical decoration of tied
leafyswags and beaded oval boss, with beaded foot
rim, a turned mahogany weight to the underside (2)
29.5cm high
Catalogue Note
This pair of sheet-brass candlesticks may have been
experimental, a prototype, as no other examples are
presently recorded, except for the following lot.
Literature
G. Crosskey, ‘Old Sheffield Plate’ (2011), p.276 &
p. 304 and H. N. Veitch, ‘Sheffield Plate, Its History,
Manufacture and Art’, pp.146-7 for comparable
examples.
￡200-300
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEET-BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
IN THE NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE AND
CONSTRUCTED IN THE OLD SHEFFIELD
PLATE MANNER, C.1770
each having a removeable beaded cusp-edged
sconce, a stiff-leaf tulip-shaped socket, clustercolumn stem and raised concave square base with
rondels, swags and jewelled edges, one with original
mahogany weighted base (2)
31.5cm high
Catalogue Note
This pair of sheet-brass candlesticks may have been
experimental, a prototype, as no other examples are
presently recorded except the proceeding lot.
See Lyon and Turnbull, Silver and Jewellery, 5th
December 2002, lot 457 for a comparable silver
example.
Literature
See Keith Pinn, ‘Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in
Europe, 1680-1820’, p.106, pl. 69 for a similar brass
candlestick.
￡200-300
73
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781-
1804)
having a detachable square sconce, a fluted
columnar stem and square concave base with
beaded edge, cast ‘E3K’ to the underside
29cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware
c.1600-c.1900’, p. 51, no. 102. The number along
with the maker’s initials appears to indicate the size
of the candlestick.
￡80-120
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781-
1804)
each with a squareshaped socket, a fluted stem
and raised concave square base with beaded edges,
cast ‘E3K’ to the underside (2)
22.9cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware
c.1600-c.1900’, p. 51, no. 101.
￡150-200
75
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL..1781-
1804)
each with a detachable square sconce, a fluted
columnar stem and square concave raised base with
lower gadrooned decoration, cast ‘E2K’ to the
underside (2)
25.6cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware
c.1600-c.1900’, p. 51, no. 103.
￡150-200
73
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75
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A PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS
LOW COUNTRIES / FRANCE, LATE 17TH
CENTURY
each with a tapering cylindrical socket with circular
extraction hole, an inverted acorn and knopped
stem, on a dished and square cutcorner base with
punched conjoined initials ‘WW’ (2)
13.3cm high (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 96, no. 206. See
also J. Toussaint, ‘Art du Laiton Dinanderie’, p.180.
￡300-400
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A MID-16TH CENTURY BRASS HEEMSKERK
CANDLESTICK
DUTCH, C.1650
twopart casting, the cylindrical socket with paired
rectangular extraction holes, on a doublebaluster
stem centred by a dished drippan, on a circular
domed base
21.2cm high
Catalogue Note
This is believed to be a shipwreck recovery.
￡300-400
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A BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK
DUTCH, C.1650-1700
of four-part construction, having a cylindrical
socket with a moulded rim, a bulbous baluster
stem and dished drip-pan, atop a larger bulbous
baluster knop stem, on a domed base
19.7cm high
Literature
See Ter Kuile, ‘Onno, Koper & Brons’, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘s-gravenhage, 1986,
p.108, no. 149, for a comparable example.
￡200-300
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A 17TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICK
DUTCH OR GERMAN, C.1680
having a cylindrical socket with moulded lip, an
inverted-acorn stem and dished circular foot
13cm high
Literature
See R.F. Michaelis, ‘Old Domestic Base-Metal
Candlesticks’, p.45, fig. 37 (right) for a very similar
candlestick.
Exhibited
Keith Pinn, Essex, December 1981, no. 5.
￡100-150
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AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY BRASS
HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK
DUTCH, C.1720
having a cylindrical socket with a pair of circular
extraction holes, a baluster stem, atop a broad
dished drip-pan and bold acorn knop stem, on a
raised circular base
20.5cm high
Literature
Ter Kuile, ‘Onno, Koper & Brons’, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘s-gravenhage, 1986,
p.109, no.151, for a comparable candlestick.
￡100-150 80
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AN EXCEPTIONAL FIVE-KNOP BRASS CANDLESTICK
NORTH-WEST EUROPE, PROBABLY DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1450-1500
having a bold flared socket with paired rectangular extraction holes, the stem with five paired addorsed graduated discoid knops, two-stage base with a
dome-centred dish over a capstan foot
30.8cm high
Catalogue Note
For a similar candlestick see Christie’s, The Lear Collection, King Street, London, 15th December 1998, lot 24. See also Sotheby’s, New York, William Du
Pont Collection, 22nd June 2022, lot 22, ($17,640).
Literature
See H. P. Lockner, ‘Messing’, pp. 167-8, figs. 328, 329; J. Caspall, ‘Fire & Light’, p. 81, fig. 138.
Exhibited
‘An Exhibition of Candlesticks’, Spink, London, 1974, no.4. The catalogue refers to a Persian base.
￡6,000-8,000
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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN BRONZE
CANDLESTICKS
DUTCH OR FRENCH, C.1710-40
each with a waisted socket, faceted inverted
baluster stem and octagonal base (2)
17cm high
Catalogue Note
See Hague Museum handbook, ‘Candlesticks’,
1971, no. 14 for a comparable candlestick.
￡200-300
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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN BRASS
CANDLESTICKS
FRENCH OR GERMAN, PROBABLY C.1700-20
each with an octagonal socket with a circular
extraction hole, inverted baluster stem and dished,
faceted base (2)
15cm high
￡150-200
84
A COPPER-RICH ALLOY CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.1710-30
the elongated octagonal socket with a circular
extraction hole, on an inverted baluster stem and
dished octagonal base
17.4cm high
Exhibited
‘An Exhibition of Candlesticks’, Spink, London,
1974, no. 53 (listed as English) and Keith Pinn,
Essex, 1981, no. 6.
￡70-100
85
A HENRI II HEAVY BRASS CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.1550-1600
the single fillet socket with an iron core pin and single
circular extraction hole, on a tapering stem with basal
knop, on a dished and spreading circular base
23cm high
Catalogue Note
See Sotheby’s, Zurich, November 1980, lot 75,
for a similar candlestick.
￡300-500
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A BRASS CANDLESTICK
FRENCH OR GERMAN, C.1700
having a cylindrical socket with a filled circular
extraction hole, a knopped and inverted-acorn
stem, and dished hexagonal base, with remains of
silvering
14.5cm high
Literature
See V. Baur, ‘Metal Candlesticks: History, Styles
and Techniques’, p.99 for a comparable silver
example hallmarked Toulouse 1694.
￡70-100
87
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.1650-1675
the bold cylindrical socket with mid-fillet and
circular extraction aperture, the stem with an
inverted acorn knop, spreading foot and stepped,
flat square base with two punches of a crowned
‘R’ duty mark
16.8cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p. 73, no. 155.
￡100-150
82 83
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A GOOD AND LARGE BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK
C.1525-50
two part casting, peaned then turned, having a bold slightly flared socket
with a pair of rectangular extraction holes, on a single discoid knop stem
above a broad and deeply dished drip-pan, a ribbed base with discoid
knop and spreading circular ribbed base, the lead weight to the
underside removed
21.8cm high
Provenance
Reputedly from a Cornish shipwreck, purchased Falmouth, Cornwall,
c.1980. A very similar example sold Bonhams, Edinburgh, 13th
September 2021, lot 7 (￡3,750).
Catalogue Note
See also Christie’s, The Lear Collection, King Street, London, 15th
December 1998, lot 64.
Literature
R. F. Michaelis, ‘Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks’, p.74, fig. 96;
Schiffer, ‘The Brass Book’, p. 154, fig. A. and Art Du Laiton Dinanderie
c.1525-1550, p.175.
￡2,000-3,000
91
A GOOD BRASS ‘CAPSTAN-BASE’ CANDLESTICK
DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1500-30
having a ‘U’-shaped socket with a pair of circular extraction holes,
a solid-cast discoid and baluster stem, atop a broad drip-pan and large
capstan-shaped base, linear banded decoration
21.3cm high
Provenance
Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight (1912-1979), Dartington Hall,
Devon, Sotheby’s house sale, 16th November 2011, See Christie’s, The
Lear Collection, King Street, London, 15th December 1998, lot 75 for a
very similar example.
Literature
Schiffer, ‘The Brass Book’, p. 155, figs. B & C; R. Gentle & R. Feild,
‘Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820’, p.121, fig. 6 and L’or des Dinandiers,
Rue des Brasseurs, p. 117, no.221.
￡1,000-1,500
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A LARGE AND FINE BRASS CANDLESTICK
DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1450-1500
having a bold flared socket with paired rectangular extraction holes, atop
a discoid knop and ribbed baluster stem, a ribbed high-domed base and
dished base with splayed foot rim, with a precisely engraved ownership
or merchant’s mark to the underside
27.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and
Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p.105, no. 228. See also L’or des
Dinandiers, Rue des Brasseurs, p. 93, nos. 73, 76 and p. 97 for similar
candlesticks. A similar example was exhibited Frankfurt Museum,
2nd December 1987 to 31st January 1988, item 47.
￡2,000-3,000
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A LARGE AND FINE BRASS CANDLESTICK
DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1450-1500
having a bold tapered socket with paired rectangular extraction holes,
on a paired discoid and addorsed baluster stem, on a domed and slightly
dished base with splayed foot rim, a precisely engraved ownership or
merchant’s mark to the underside
31.1cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and
Other Base Metalware c.1600-c.1900’, p.106, no.239. See also L’or des
Dinandiers, Rue des Brasseurs, p.93, nos. 73, 76c & p.97.
Exhibited
Spink, London, 1974, no. 7.
￡1,200-1,800
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89
90
91
24
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FOUR 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
BRASS DOMESTIC UTENSILS
ENGLISH
to include three basters and one
slice, each with a pierced handle
terminal and indistinct maker’s
marks (4)
47.2cm long (max)
￡80-120
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TWO BRASS SKIMMERS
ENGLISH, C.1700
each cast as one, with pierced pans
and tapering handles, maker’s mark
of a cross and pellet to front of the
handle; together with a brass slice
by the same maker (3)
47cm long (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study
Collection of Marked Domestic
Brass and Other Base Metalware,
c. 1600 - c. 1900’ (2001), p. 100,
no. 217 and pp. 98-101.
￡120-180
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TWO BRASS SKIMMERS
ENGLISH, C.1700, OR EARLIER
each cast as one, with pierced pans
and tapering handles, maker’s mark
of a cross and pellet to front of
handle, together with a brass slice
by the same maker (3)
58.5cm long (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study
Collection of Marked Domestic
Brass and Other Base Metalware,
c. 1600 - c. 1900’ (2001), p. 98,
no. 209 and no. 211.
￡100-150
94
TWO BRASS SKIMMERS
ENGLISH, C.1700
each having a near-flat plan with six
concentric rings of holes, each
handle with punched maker’s mark
‘WD’ to front and with pierced
splayed end (2)
57.8cm long (max)
Literature
R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other
Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900’
(2001), p. 92, no.196 for skimmer
with circular maker’s mark.
￡100-150
95
FOUR 18TH CENTURY BRASS AND IRON
SKIMMERS
ENGLISH
one stamped ‘GB’ to the rear of the handle,
another ‘SH’ to pierced pan, another pan marked
‘SOLLOM & SONS... WOLVERHAMPTON’ and a
fourth cast ‘JOHN BRADLEY STOURBRIDGE’ to
rear of handle (4)
22.6cm diameter (max)
￡200-300
96
THREE GEORGE III BRASS LADLES
BY LATHAM (FL.1759-1783), WIGAN, C.1770
each stamped ‘LATHAM WIGAN’ to the handle (3)
43.6cm long (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware, c. 1600 c. 1900’ (2001), p. 55,
nos. 120122.
￡100-150
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FOUR 18TH CENTURY BRASS DOMESTIC
UTENSILS
ENGLISH
to include a baster, with Wigan-type dog nose
handle terminal, another baster and two slices,
each with a rounded pierced handle terminal,
indistinct maker’s marks (4)
48cm long (max)
￡80120
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TWO DOCUMENTED EARLY 18TH
CENTURY BRASS SKIMMERS
PROBABLY BY THE SAME MAKER,
ENGLISH, C.1710
each of heavy gauge, the near-flat pan with five
concentric rings of multiple holes, the handle
stamped multiple times near the suspension
hole with maker’s mark ‘DT’ (2)
62.2cm long (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900’ (2001), p. 29,
nos. 41 and 42.
￡70-100
99
A RARE NAMED AND DATED BRASS
SKIMMER
ENGLISH, DATED ‘1775’
with six concentric bands of piercing to the pan,
cast as one, the tapering handle inscribed to
the front ‘T. WEBB 1775’
20.1cm diameter
￡100-150
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A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS
BASTER
BY JOHN APPLEBEE II, C.1740
one piece casting, with a shallow bowl, the
gentle tapering handle with a rectangular pierced
suspension slot and pointed end struck with five
initials, maker's mark 'IA' to lower front handle
46.5cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware,
c. 1600 - c. 1900' (2001), p. 47, no. 87 and
Journal of the 'Antique Metalware Society', vol.
26, 2021., Charles Applebee Revisited: ‘Evidence
for a Dynasty of London Braziers’ p.38, fig. 16.
￡100-150
101
A DOCUMENTED 17TH CENTURY BRASS
SKIMMER
ENGLISH
with six concentric rings of holes to near-flat pan,
stamped maker’s mark of ‘RB’ to front of handle,
with splayed and pierced suspension hole terminal
59cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware, c.1600-c.1900’ (2001), p. 73,
no.156 where the author notes a latten sealtop spoon of early 17th century date has been
recorded with the same maker’s mark.
￡100-150
102
A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS
LADLE
ENGLISH
cast as one, with relatively shallow bowl, the
tapering handle with a rectangular pierced and
shaped terminal, maker’s mark of ‘WH’ to front
of handle
49.2cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler ‘A Study Collection of
Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900’ (2001), p. 92,
no. 198. The cast spoon between the maker’s
initials clearly implies this maker also cast
spoons.
￡60-80
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PRESENTLY THE LARGEST RECORDED
BRASS SKIMMER
ENGLISH, C. 1700
cast as one, the near-flat pan with radiating
pierced holes, the handle with a punched
maker’s mark
23.4cm diameter
￡150-200
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103
99
101
102
100
104
A DOCUMENTED AND LARGE CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET
BY JOHN FATHERS I (C.1636-1688), MONTACUTE, SOMERSET, DATED
‘1677’
the bowl with slightly moulded rim, cast with ownership triad ‘W’ over ‘IM’,
opposed by the date ‘1677’, on three splayed ribbed legs, the ‘type 9’ handle
cast ‘JOHN FATHERS’, no founder’s mark
14.4cm high to rim, 22.6cm, 6.25 pint capacity
Provenance
Formerly in the John Fardon Collection.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their
Founders 1350-1830’, p. 50, no.11.
￡400-600
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A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET
BY JOHN FATHERS I (C.1636-1688), MONTACUTE, SOMERSET
the bowl with moulded rim, ‘three arc’ and stylised ‘B’ founder’s marks, on ‘D’-
shaped reeded legs, the ‘type 6’ handle without a brace cast ‘JOHN FATHERS’
12.7cm high to rim, 18cm diameter
Literature
See R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders
1350-1830’ p. 54 for a cauldron with similar marks and pp. 56-7 for John
Fathers skillet handle patterns. Only two other John Fathers I skillets cast with
the founder’s name and marks are recorded. One is in the Yorkshire Museum,
York, acc. no. YORYM:2006.1988.
￡400-600
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A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET
BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.1629-1682), SOUTH PETHERTON,
SOMERSET, C.1670
loam cast, the bowl with slight rim, four-arc and stylised ‘T’ founder’s marks, on
short ribbed leg, the handle with a rare cast design of hearts and crosses, the
end with maker’s initials ‘T.S’
12.7cm high to rim, 20cm diameter
￡200-300
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AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY BRONZE SKILLET
PROBABLY SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
the bowl with no rim and bold unrecorded ‘T’ founder’s mark (not Sturton),
the handle with an open brace and cast with two bands of triangles, on
tapering and splayed five-reeded legs
16cm high to rim, 19cm diameter
￡100-150
108
A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET
SOUTH EAST ENGLAND, WITH RARE OWNERS’ NAME & DATED ‘1677’
the plain bowl (no scratch marks) with moulded rim, on three ribbed legs with
wrythen collar, two with historic blacksmith repairs, the handle with open
brace and cast with the name and date ‘DAVID
CARRICK 1677’
16cm high to rim, 18.6cm diameter
Catalogue Note
Names on handles typically refer to founders, however, this name is
unrecorded as a maker and probably refers to the owner.
￡300-400
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A DOCUMENTED CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET
BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.16291682), SOUTH PETHERTON,
SOMERSET, C.1670
loam cast, the bowl with slight rim, four-arc and stylised ‘T’ founder’s marks, on
ribbed legs, the handle with Vbrace and cast ‘THOMAS STURTON’
15.2cm high to rim, 20.1cm diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their
Founders 1350-1830’, p.109, no.103.
￡200-300
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AN EXCEPTIONAL RARE, DOCUMENTED AND LARGE MEDIEVAL
BRONZE CAULDRON
C.1300-1400
five gallon, having an almost spherical body, with pronounced casting
ridges and three wire mouldings (cords), curved handles, the legs with
pronounced central ribs
34.1cm high to rim, 30.5cm diameter
Catalogue Note
For a very similar, but much worn example, now in the Somerset
Museum, Taunton, see R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking
Vessels & Their Founders 1350-1830’ p. 171, no.184. There are clear
indications that this cauldron is an early example and not made using
typical production methods that prevailed in England during the 16th /
17th centuries. Namely, the surface shows no signs of a wiped finish,
(often found on later vessels) and instead has a uniform granular texture
and neatly executed wire mouldings. Furthermore, the presence of a
flashline indicates the cauldron was probably loam cast, a technique used
by late Medieval bell founders.
￡3,000-4,000
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AN EXCEPTIONAL AND MASSIVE LEADED BRONZE CAULDRON
BY THOMAS STURTON I, SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET,
(FL. 1630-1658),C.1630-40
with everted rim and angular lug handles, the body with a central cord,
on three ribbed feet each issuing ribs running up the side of the body,
with scratch marks and raised ownership initials ‘R B’
43.3cm high, 48.5cm wide, 39.3cm rim diameter
Catalogue Note
This is the largest of all Sturton cauldrons recorded. It is also the earliest
bearing scratch marks similar to those recorded on a skillet, dated 1630
(and again of vast proportions).
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their
Founders 1350-1830’, p. 101, no. 82. A smaller very comparable cauldron,
probably by Thomas Sturton but without scratch marks, dated ‘1640’, is in
the Burrell Collection, Glasgow acc. no. 5-6.164.
￡3,000-5,000
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A RARE AND DOCUMENTED MEDIEVAL BRONZE CAULDRON
ATTRIBUTED TO THE WELSH BORDERS / SHROPSHIRE, 14TH /
15TH CENTURY
four gallon and two pint capacity, having an almost spherical body, with
pronounced casting ridges and two pairs of wire mouldings (cords), the
body passing upward into the everted rim with a gentle curve and the
curved handles are both distinctive medieval features, the legs with
pronounced central rib extending up the body
33.5cm high to rim, 30.1cm diameter, 32.7cm high, 29.8cm rim diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels &
Their Founders 1350-1830’ p. 134, no.136, where it was originally noted
as 17th century.
￡500-800
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AN EARLY 16TH CENTURY BRONZE
CAULDRON
PROBABLY SOUTH EAST ENGLAND, C.1500
having an everted rim, the body with two neatly
drawn scratch marks, a saltire cross and ‘N’-shape,
with triangular lug handles and wrought iron swing
handle, on three stout short legs with pronounced
central rib
25cm high, 28.6cm diameter
Literature
See R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking
Vessels & Their Founders 13501830’ p. 142, nos.
145-7 for three vessels with a similar saltire cross
foundry mark.
￡300-500
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A SMALL 17TH CENTURY BRONZE
CAULDRON
NORTH WEST EUROPE
having an everted rim, aligned with horizontal
angular lug handles, on full (unworn) triangularsection legs with rear relief rib and pointed feet,
a pronounced and coarse sprue to underside and
several chaplets randomly spaced and
disproportionally large
11.9cm high, 13cm wide
￡200-300
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A DOCUMENTED BRONZE CAULDRON
BY THE FATHERS FOUNDRY, MONTACUTE,
SOMERSET, C.1670-80
with everted rim and small triangular lug handles,
the body with a three-arc and stylised ‘IF’ founder’s
marks, on three short ribbed feet
17.3cm high, 20.5cm diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze
Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 13501830’
p.55, no. 19.
￡500-800
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A LARGE 17TH CENTURY PART SKILLET
POSSIBLY THE FATHERS FOUNDRY, SOMERSET
lacking handle, the bowl with three-arc and indistinct founder’s mark, on three
short ribbed legs, with a later wrought iron swing handle
15cm to rim, 23.7cm diameter
Literature
The three-arc mark is similar to the Fathers foundry mark, however, the second
mark is less relatable and appears similar to a marked skillet by Richard Poope,
Kent. See R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their
Founders 13501830’, p. 85, no. 67.
￡100-150
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A GROUP OF 17TH / 18TH CENTURY WROUGHT IRON POT-HANGERS
ENGLISH
each with ratchet height adjustment, one with crude decoration, together with
two iron adjustable pot-handles of similar date (7)
￡80-120
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121 part
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TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650-75
one with a mid-band, the other ribbed, mark of Charles Applebee to underside (2)
9.2cm high, 11.9cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38, fig.15 (outer
left and right) and M. Finlay, ‘English Decorated Bronze Mortars’, p. 161, no.323 (right)
￡200-300
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A 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTAR
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650-90
unidentified stamped ‘WG’ to the base, along with a single
engraved ownership initial, the plain body engraved with the
owner’s name, possibly the second owner, ‘John Gibb’ beneath a
tulip spray
11.3cm high, 16.5cm diameter
￡100-150
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A COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN
17TH AND 18TH CENTURY PESTLES
bronze and brass, in varying turned forms,
with fillets and knops (16)
23cm long (max)
￡80-120
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A FASCINATING BRONZE MORTAR / DRY MEASURE
C.1600 OR POSSIBLY EARLIER
of quart capacity, having a plain tapering straight-sided drum,
moulded rim and splayed foot rim, the rare twin-handle formed from
two stylistic bearded dragons, each of slightly different design
16.8cm high, 12.9cm diameter
Catalogue Note
Extensive research has presented a significant challenge regarding
regional provenance, with no conclusive conclusion. At first glance
the design hints at Chinese, but this has been dismissed by a former
consultation with the Victoria & Albert Metalware Department.
European manufacture is a possibility. Dragon handles are found on a
Henry VII gallon measure, dated 1497, in the Winchester Museum
Collection. Further comparisons can be made with single-handled
mortars by Endorfer I & II of Innsbruck, Austria, dated 1538/39 (see
Der M?rser). Together with a Swiss example, by Friedrich Von Salis,
dated 1580. Scandinavia has also been suggested, along with Dutch
East Indies (Indonesia) but no comparable features cited.
￡1,000-1,500
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TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED. ENGLISH, C.1650-75
each of ribbed form, with engraved internal measuring rings, (200, 300 &
400ml), mark of Charles Applebee to underside (2)
10.6cm high, 12.8cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38,
fig.17 (centre and centre right) and M. Finlay, ‘English Decorated Bronze
Mortars’, p. 161, no.323 (left).
￡200-300
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TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650-75
each with a mid-band and stamped with the maker’s mark of Charles Applebee
to base, the larger with ‘CA’ beneath a fleur-de-lys, the other ‘CA’ beneath a
crown (2)
11cm high, 13.8cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38,
fig.18 (left) and fig.19 (right), the largest recorded mortar by Applebee.
￡200-300
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A 17TH CENTURY HEAVY BRONZE PESTLE
MAKER MARKED
with near-centre knop and linear bands, stamped founder’s mark ‘L’
25.2cm long
￡80-100
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TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650-75
each with a plain drum and internal measuring lines, mark of Charles Applebee
stamped to underside (2)
10.5cm high, 12.1cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.38,
fig.15 (centre left and right).
￡200-300
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A GEORGE III BRASS RUFFLING-IRON
C.1770
with rear hinged door rotating on a single hinge and enclosing a cast-iron slug,
the swan-neck handle leather bound
6.7cm high, 7.5cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Gentle & E. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork, 1640-1820’, p. 419,
no. 4.
￡80-120
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A CHARLES II BRONZE MINIATURE
CAULDRON NUTRACKER
C.1680
the cauldron of typical bag-form with three
splayed feet, with a threaded screw (replaced)
and heart-pierced thumbpiece
2.9cm high
￡200-300
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A BRASS SCREW-ACTION NUTCRACKER
IN CHARLES II MANNER, ENGLISH, C.1910
having a shaped and geometric pierced
thumbpiece, a large open nut aperture with
integral disc-centred base
9.5cm high (max)
Catalogue Note
See Bonhams, London, 15th March 2007, lot 208,
for a comparable example named and dated
‘1676’.
￡40-60
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A RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY BRASS
SCREW-ACTION NUTCRACKER
C.1700-30
having a twin-lobed thumbpiece centred with a
pierced heart, the circular nut aperture with a seal
matrix of initials ‘E R’
6cm high (max)
￡300-500
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A GEORGE II BRASS NUTCRACKER
DATED ‘1737’
lever-action, the balustroid stems with dished
bulbous ends each with a small hook terminal, the
internal grooved nut aperture engraved to the
front with the initials “EB’ and to the sides the
date ‘17’ ‘37’
10.5cm long
￡300-500
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A RARE CHARLES II BRASS PASTRY JIGGER
DATED ‘167?’
having an addorsed baluster stem, one end with
crimped jigger, other end now vacant, initialled
‘RB’ and ‘IB’, and scratch dated
14.8cm long
Literature
Illustrated in M. Finlay ‘Pastry Jiggers and Pastry
Prints”, p.17, no. 51.
￡150-200
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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY REDDISH BRASS
CANDLESTICK
BY CAMGOHOBE, POSSIBLY EASTERN
EUROPEAN OR RUSSIAN
the urn-shaped socket with an integral sconce, above a
discoid knop and cylindrical stem, on a column base and
square foot, the foot rim stamped ‘T’ Φ ‘N’ above
‘CAMGOHOBE’
22.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked
Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-
c.1900’, p. 22, no. 32.
￡80-100
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A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY WHITE METAL
CANDLESTICKS
MAKER MARKED, POSSIBLY FüRTH, GERMANY
each with a flared octagonal socket, discoid knop and
faceted inverted baluster stem, on a matching circular
spreading foot, punched maker’s mark ‘PR’ to the foot
rim (2)
17.2cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked
Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600
c.1900’ (2001),
p. 71, no. 151. The author notes that the crescents
flanking the maker’s initials may indicate the
candlesticks were made in Fürth, near Nuremberg,
where a cuspate crescent was the assay mark used for
silver during the 19th century.
￡100-150
134
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
PROBABLY SOUTH GERMAN, EARLY 19TH
CENTURY
the campana socket with integral cusp-edged sconce,
on a bold baluster stem, circular foot and flat square
base, a punched maker’s mark to foot rim
27cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked
Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600
c.1900’, p.106, no. 230 See V. Baur, ‘Metal
Candlesticks, History, Styles and Techniques’, p. 324 for
a comparable example.
￡60-80
135
A LOUIS XV BRASS CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.1745-49
part seamed, two-part construction screwed together,
the octagonal socket on a tapering octagonal stem
between two knops, on a domed and stepped
octagonal base, with remains of silvering, punched duty
mark of a letter crowned ‘C’ to the foot rim and socket
22.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked
Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-
c.1900’, p. 20, no. 28. The duty mark ‘C’, couronné
poin?on, was used in France between 5th March 1745
and 4th February 1749 on new and second-hand
copper-alloy wares.
￡100-150
136
A PAIR OF WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS
BY BERNDORF, AUSTRIA, C.1850
each with tulip-shaped socket, removeable stepped
sconce, baluster stem and circular spreading foot,
punched ‘BERNDORF ALPACCA’ to the foot rim (2)
22.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked
Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600-
c.1900’ (2001), p. 13, no. 17. Alpacca appears to be the
trade name for items produced using nickel by Berndorf in
the mid-19th century.
￡100-150
137
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
PROBABLY GERMAN, C.1680-1700
the tall cylindrical socket above an inverted acorn knop
stem, on a circular flat ‘tray’ base with shallow flared rim
11.2 cm high
￡80-120
138
A 19TH CENTURY ELECTROTYPE BRONZE
COPPER-ALLOY CANDLESTICK
BY ELKINGTON & CO, IN THE ROCOCO-REVIVAL
MANNER, AFTER JUSTE-AURELE MEISSONNIER
(FRENCH, TURIN 1695-1750 PARIS), LATE 19TH
CENTURY
designed with asymmetrical leafy scrolls, cartouche and
scallop shells wrapping the ball socket, scrolling drip-pan,
baluster stem and raised shaped circular foot, an applied
embossed brass plaque inscribed ‘ART GOLD BRONZE /
REGISTERED / ELKINGTONS’ to the underside
31.1cm high
￡50-80
139
A PAIR OF MID-19TH CENTURY HIGH COPPER
CONTENT BRASS CANDLESTICKS
BY SKULTUNA, SWEDISH
each with a detachable sconce and cylindrical socket, a
discoid knop atop a tapering stem and banded circular
spreading foot, the underside stamped ‘SB’ along with a
crown, a reversed ‘N’ and ‘59’ (2)
21.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked
Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600-
c.1900’, p.79, no. 166.
￡100150
140
A 19TH CENTURY GILT-BRONZE CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, IN THE ROCOCO-REVIVAL MANNER,
AFTER JUSTE-AURELE MEISSONNIER (FRENCH,
TURIN 1695-1750 PARIS)
designed with asymmetrical bold leafy-scrolls wrapping
the socket, baluster-shaped stem and raised circular
base, no less than 19 foundry patches have been
counted on this finely cast candlestick
23.9cm high
Catalogue Note
For a comparable candlestick by Meissonnier, see the
Metropolitan Museum Collection, New York, dated
1735-50, acc. no. 1999.370.1a, b, .2a, b
￡150-200
139 140
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