Beschreibung:

A Dutch brass 'Heemskerk' type candlestick, late 17th century, the tulip form pierced socket above a baluster stem with central circular drip pan, on a domed circular foot, 23cm high; another, similar Dutch brass candlestick, circa 1650-80, with pierced urn socket, 21cm high; a German or Netherlandish brass pricket candlestick, probably 17th century, with knopped stem, the base indistinctly inscribed, 29cm high; a pair of Victorian brass candlesticks, mid-19th century, of ribbed and knopped design, 20cm high; another, similar, 19th century; and a brass candlestick in 17th century Spanish style, with saucer base CATALOGUE NOTES: the 'Heemskerk' type of candlestick, with its central drip pan and knopped design, was named after a 1596 expedition led by Dutch sea captain Jacob van Heemskerk, who hoped to reach Asia via an unconventional route over Russia. The expedition proved to be an arduous journey, and the crew was forced to spend a cold winter at Nova Zembla, an archipelago in the Arctic ocean. In the 1870s their abandoned belongings were discovered there, including many candlesticks of this type. Examples very similar to those in the present selection are illustrated in Ronald F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base-metal candlesticks from the 13th to 19th century, Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1984, p. 78, fig. 108b, and Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer, The Brass Book, Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1978, p. 161, fig. B Please also see Christie's South Kensington, 12 November 2003, lot 622