Very Fine and Rare Northwestern European Cast Brass Four-Knop Pierced Circular-Based Candlestick15th Century Height 11 1/8 in.ProvenanceMark and Marjorie Allen, Manchester, New Hampshire.Catalogue noteA related candlestick with slight graduated knops is illustrated in Christopher Bangs, The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper-Alloy Socket Candlesticks, A.D. 200-1700, (Bethlehem, PA: Oaks Printing Company, Inc., 1995), pp. 68 and 217, no. 23. An example with a related pierced base is illustrated in Ronald F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks from the 13th to 19th Century, (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Barron Publishing, 1978), pp. 51-2, fig. 51.
Very Fine and Rare Northwestern European Cast Brass Four-Knop Pierced Circular-Based Candlestick15th Century Height 11 1/8 in.ProvenanceMark and Marjorie Allen, Manchester, New Hampshire.Catalogue noteA related candlestick with slight graduated knops is illustrated in Christopher Bangs, The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper-Alloy Socket Candlesticks, A.D. 200-1700, (Bethlehem, PA: Oaks Printing Company, Inc., 1995), pp. 68 and 217, no. 23. An example with a related pierced base is illustrated in Ronald F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks from the 13th to 19th Century, (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Barron Publishing, 1978), pp. 51-2, fig. 51.
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