THE BUTLER HOARD
TUESDAY 1ST JULY 2025
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JULY
1st The Butler Hoard
2nd A Connoisseur’s Eye: Michael Foster Ltd.
The Personal Collection of the late Michael & Margaret Susands
3rd Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks
9th & 10th Fine Jewellery
15th & 16th Silver & Objects of Vertu, including the Michael Baggott Collection (Part I)
SEPTEMBER
2nd British and Continental Ceramics & Glass
3rd Old Masters, British & European Paintings
17th Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas
30th Interiors
OCTOBER
1st & 2nd Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks
15th & 16th Design
21st & 22nd Silver & Objects of Vertu
29th & 30th Fine Jewellery
Dates may be subject to change
THE BUTLER HOARD
TUESDAY 1ST JULY 2025
10.00AM - LOTS 1-347
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Front cover: Lot 53
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 trumpetbased 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 longstanding 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.
1
A BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICK
ATTRIBUTED TO NUREMBERG, C. 1600
having a brass pricket in a shallow drippan, on a baluster, ball and inverted bulbousbaluster stem, each baluster with iron corepins, 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. Baumgärtel, ‘Glänzend Wie Gold’ no. 13 for a similar example.
£250350
2
A BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICK
ATTRIBUTED TO NUREMBERG, C.1500
the iron pricket with traces of red paint, in a shallow dished candlecup, on a triple discoid knop stem and stepped raised spreading circular base 30cm high
Literature
See Otto A. Baumgärtel, ‘Glänzend Wie Gold’ nos. 10 & 11 for similar examples which also have red paint to the pricket.
£400600
3
A BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK DUTCH, C.1600
the socket with paired circular extraction holes, on a short invertedbaluster stem, a broad and dished drippan, atop an invertedbaluster stem and domed foot, with linear decoration 19cm high
Literature
Ter Kuile, Onno, Koper & Brons, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘sgravenhage, 1986, p.107, no. 147, for a comparable example.
£200300
4
A MID17TH 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 balustershaped 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.
£400600
5 A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK BY JOHANN WINDHESEL, NUREMBERG, C.171030
having a slightly flared straightsided socket, a knopped stem atop a relatively flat drippan and bellbase, 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.
£300400
AN UNUSUALLY LARGE PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS
NUREMBERG, C.16501700
each with a cylindrical socket on a baluster, discoid and inverted bulbousbaluster stem, atop a broad drippan and bellbase, with cast and engraved banded decoration, unusually not maker marked (2)
25.3cm high
£1,0001,500
A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK
MAKER MARKED, NUREMBERG, C.171030
cast and turned in two parts, screwed together, having a slightly flared straightsided socket and knopped stem, atop a relatively flat drippan and bellbase, 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.1600c.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.
£200300
A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK
MAKER MARKED, NUREMBERG, C.171030
having a slightly flared straightsided socket, a knopped stem, atop a relatively flat drippan and bellbase, 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.
£200300
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 13501830’, pp.423 for similar skillets.
£100150 10
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.
£150200
11
A GEORGE III BRONZE SKILLET BY BAND AND HINE, BRIDGWATER / EXETER, C.177080
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 13501830’, p.36, no.1 for a similar example.
£150200 12
14
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 17934 records a Richard and Thomas Hale.
£100150
A CHARLES II BRONZE ‘MOTTO’ SKILLET WEST COUNTRY, PROBABLY BY THOMAS STURTON II, C.1670
loam cast, the bowl with fourarc 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
£200300
A DOCUMENTED CHARLES II BRONZE ‘MOTTO’ SKILLET BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.16291682), SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, C.1670
loam cast, the bowl with a slight rim, fourarc and stylised ‘T’ founder’s marks, on ribbed legs, the handle with Vbrace 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 13501830’, p. 108, no. 102.
£200300
15
PRESENTLY THE EARLIEST RECORDED WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY MORTAR, LONDON: AN ELIZABETH I BRONZE MORTAR ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT MOT (FL.15741606)
the form reminiscent of Flemish mortars of the same period, with Renaissancestyle 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. SavillePeck, 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.
£1,0001,500
16
THE CARNFORTH POSNET: AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADED BRONZE
POSNET
ENGLISH, C.12001300
the spherical plain body with flared rim, on three tall rectangularsection 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 sphericalshaped 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.23940. 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.
£4,0006,000 17
A CHARLES II BRONZE MORTAR SOMERSET, DATED ‘1680’, MAKER’S MARK OF THOMAS STURTON, (B.1629D.1683)
a scratched marked ‘T’ and fourarc mark, along with the date ‘1680’, opposed by the ownership triad ‘G’ over ‘GA’, below a scratched decorative frieze of overlapping semicircles
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.
£600800
A REGENCY GILTBRASS CHAMBERSTICK
BY
THOMAS B. WHITFIELD,
BIRMINGHAM (FL.18181833), C.1820
cast as a dolphin supporting a scallop shell centred by a shellshaped 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.1600c.1900’ (2001), p.93, no. 199. See also Journal of the ‘Antique Metalware Society’, Vol. 7, 1999, illustrated on the front cover.
£120180 19
20
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 drippan 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 drippan, riveted finger carry handle (2) 14.6cm diameter (max)
£6080
21
A RARE VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK BY BARLOW, BIRMINGHAM, C.1850
A WILLIAM IV BRONZE CHAMBERSTICK AFTER THE ANTIQUE, BY PHIPSON & LAMBLEY (FL.18281835), BIRMINGHAM, DATED ‘1832’ of oil lamp design, with a gadroonedurn socket, on a rounded oval tray with a swanneck 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.1600c.1900’ (2001), p.70, no.150 and Journal of the ‘Antique Metalware Society’, Vol. 7, 1999 for published ‘As the Act Directs’.
£120180
20
with a pushup stump ejector and spring loaded candle grip within a cylindrical linear decorated stem, on a circular dish base, with scroll fingerhandle, 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.
£80120
22
A VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK BY J M HASTINGS, BIRMINGHAM, C.185060
having a tulipshaped socket with wide flared sconce, centred by a ‘saveall’, 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 fingerhandle 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.
£80120
23
A GEORGE II BRASS TAPERSTICK
C.172030
of silver form, with a single midfillet to the socket, on an invertedbaluster stem and dished square base with concave corners, remains of silvering
10.8cm high
£200300
26
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
£200300
24
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS TAPERSTICKS
BY ROBERT BUSH SENIOR, BRISTOL, (FL.17551807), C.1760
seamed, each with midfillet 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.1600c.1900’, p. 19, no. 27.
See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 14251925’, p.136, no. 117, for a pair of candlesticks by Robert Bush Sr. with similar socket and stem.
£400500
27
A GEORGE II BRASS TAPERSTICK
C.172040
seamed, the cylindrical socket with a flared flange, on an invertedbaluster 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 14251925’, p.114, no. 90 for a highly comparable example.
£250350
25
A GEORGE III HIGHCOPPER 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 14251925’, p.169, no. 115 for a comparable example.
Exhibited
Keith Pinn, Essex, December 1981, no. 8.
£200300
28
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.
£400600
29
A LATTEN SPOON
FORMERLY A PASTRY JIGGER, C.1600
originally tinned, having a figshaped 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.
£100150
30
A CHARLES II LATTEN SCROLLBALUSTER 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.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 39, no. 56. The author notes the brazed repair to the base of the stem, possibly indicating parts of two spoons.
£6080
31
A CHARLES II TINNED LATTEN SCROLLBALUSTER AND GADROONED SEAL TOP SPOON
C. 1670
having a tapering flattened hexagonal stem, the figshaped bowl with ‘doublewhited’ maker’s mark ‘RB’, interesting historic repair joining two spoons together 17.3cm long
£6080
32
A 17TH CENTURY LATTEN ST. JOHN APOSTLE SPOON C.1640
having a flattened hexagonal tapering stem, the figshaped bowl with stamped maker’s mark of a Tudor rose 17.1cm long
£100150
33
A CHARLES II TINNED LATTEN SCROLLBALUSTER 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.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 49, no. 92.
£80120
34
A WIILLIAM AND MARY TINNED LATTEN TREFID SPOON C.1690
the oval bowl with ‘doublewhited’ maker’s stamp ‘HH’, the stem with linear edge decoration, together with another tinned latten trefid spoon with a ‘doublewhited’ 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.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 46, no. 86.
£100150
35
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
£100150
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 figshaped bowl 17.4cm long
£100150
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
£100150
38
AN ELIZABETH I LATTEN SEAL TOP SPOON ALMOST CERTAINLY LONDON, C.1600 with tapering flattened hexagonal stem, fleurdelys maker’s mark to figshaped bowl 15.5cm long
£200300
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
£100150
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
£200300
41
A GEORGE III OAK HANGING SPOON RACK C.1790
with eleven apertures and an ‘archersbow’ base
53.7cm high, 31.7cm wide, 10.7cm deep
£100150
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)
£80120
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 pointedhook for hanging, fitted with a traveller with tightly coiled terminal, on a fruitwood base
19.3cm high
£100150
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 drippan with raised narrow rim 30cm high
£100150
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
£6080
46
A WILLIAM IV SHEET IRON PALMER’S PATENT’ ‘SELFEXTINGUISHING’ NIGHT CANDLESTICK
C.1835
having one tube housing a sprung candleholder and an opposing smaller tube supporting a snuffer with duration adjustment, on a square dished and boxform 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 candleholder outside of the tube which contained the spring. This twin tube design was deemed an improvement on the single tube which could get ‘gummedup’ with wax.
£200300
A WONDERFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE BRONZE CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH, C.14001500
having a cylindrical socket with linear decoration, the solid cylindrical stem centred by a discoid knop, on a shallow capstanform 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 copperalloy candlestick manufactured in England in the late 14th and 15th century. At first glance it is comparable to the socalled ‘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 straightsided. 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.5711911.
Literature
W. G. Mackay Thomas ‘English Candlesticks Before 1600’, pp. 21, 22, pls. 8, 9.
Exhibited
Antique Metalware Society, ‘Finds’, September 2006, Taunton.
£4,0006,000
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.
£300500
49
A DOCUMENTED EARLY 19TH CENTURY
RUSHLIGHT
HAMPSHIRE OR SUSSEX
having a pair of wrought iron springaction ‘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.
£200300
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 twistwork arm, the rushlight with rounded squareend jaws
76.5cm high (min)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in R. Ashley, ‘The Rushlight and Related Holders’, p. 272, fig. 247A.
£300500
51
A DOCUMENTED EARLY 19TH CENTURY RUSHLIGHT
SOUTH EAST ENGLAND, PROBABLY SUSSEX
having a pair of wrought iron slender and roundended spring loaded jaws, with roundsection arm and stem, on a ‘bottleshaped’ 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.
£250350
52
A ‘STABLE’ OR ‘BIRDCAGE’ IRON CANDLESTICK NORTH WEST EUROPE, C.1800
of typical form, the stem of six struts (one twistwork), topped by a pierced disc with elongated downswept hook, the adjustable candleholder on a circular pierced disc with integral loop handle, a shaped drippan 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.
£150200
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF LARGE AND FINE ‘CHALICE AND PATEN’ BRASS CANDLESTICKS
ENGLISH, C. 1550
each having a doublewaisted socket, an addorsed baluster stem centred by a discoid knop, a domecentred flat drippan with moulded edge (the paten), on a chaliceshape support, and spreading twostage base, with linear bands of decoration (2) 32cm high
Catalogue Note
One candlestick has been repeaned, 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.211964. 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.
£30,00050,000
54
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK BY WILLIAM LEE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17591800), C.1770
having a cylindrical socket with low fillet and integral octagonalshaped sconce, on an invertedbaluster and knopped stem, raised petalshaped 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.1600c.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.
£120180
56
A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17481768), C.1755
having a singlefillet socket with an integral cuspedge, a faceted knopped stem and circular petalshaped base, with twisteject 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.1600c.1900’, p. 42, no. 60.
£70100
58
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
having a cylindrical and singlefillet socket and integral cuspedged sconce, invertedbaluster 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.1600c.1900’, p.51, no. 98.
£80120
55
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK BY WILLIAM LEE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17591800), C.1770
the socket with an integral drippan, on a knopped stem and petalshaped 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.1600c.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.
£80120
57
A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17481768), C.1748/9 seamed, the singlefillet socket with an integral sconce, above a faceted knopped stem and petalshaped base, twist ejection mechanism, stamped ‘GEO GROVE’ (now virtually erased by scraping) and ‘JOSEPH WOOD’ , maker and retailer, Birmingham, (fl.17261749) 19cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 95. no. 203.
£100150
59
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
having a cylindrical and single midfillet socket and integral flared sconce, invertedbaluster 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.1600c.1900’, p.51, no. 99.
£80120
60
A RARE BRASS ‘TAVERN’ OR ‘COFFEE HOUSE’ CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH, C.16501700
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 14251925’, pp. 7477, nos. 41 45, for comparable examples inscribed and dated 16651695, 1709.
£300400
61
A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY DWARF BRASS CANDLESTICKS
C.16901700
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.
£600800
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 drippan 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.
£400600
63
A BRASS ‘TAVERN’ OR ‘COFFEE HOUSE’ CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH, C.16701700
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 14251925’ (2001), pp. 7477, nos. 41 45, for comparable examples inscribed and dated 16651695, 1709.
£300500
64
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 narrowrim dishpan, one socket and arm marked ‘ • • ‘ 38.5cm high
£300500
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
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.1600c.1900’, p. 51, no. 95. The numeral ‘2’ that forms part of the mark is thought to refer to the size of the candlestick.
£200300
66
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
each having a single midfillet cylindrical socket and a cuspedged 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.1600c.1900’, p. 51, no. 100.
£150200
68
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
PROBABLY IRISH, C.176080
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.
£150200
67
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD DURNALL, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17591801) , C.1765
each with a singlefillet cylindrical socket with integral sconce, above a knopped stem and petalshaped base, seamed and with twisteject 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.1600c.1900’, p. 30, no. 43.
£200300
69
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS BY EDWARD BERRY, C.176080
seamed, each with a singlefillet 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.
£300400
70
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
£150200
71
A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEETBRASS CANDLESTICKS
IN THE NEOCLASSICAL 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 sheetbrass 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.1467 for comparable examples.
£200300
72
A PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEETBRASS CANDLESTICKS
IN THE NEOCLASSICAL STYLE AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE MANNER, C.1770
each having a removeable beaded cuspedged sconce, a stiffleaf tulipshaped 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 sheetbrass 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, 16801820’, p.106, pl. 69 for a similar brass candlestick.
£200300
73
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
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.1600c.1900’, p. 51, no. 102. The number along with the maker’s initials appears to indicate the size of the candlestick.
£80120
74
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
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.1600c.1900’, p. 51, no. 101.
£150200
75
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL..17811804)
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.1600c.1900’, p. 51, no. 103.
£150200
77
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.1600c.1900’, p. 96, no. 206. See also J. Toussaint, ‘Art du Laiton Dinanderie’, p.180.
£300400
A MID16TH 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.
£300400
78
A BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK
DUTCH, C.16501700
of fourpart construction, having a cylindrical socket with a moulded rim, a bulbous baluster stem and dished drippan, atop a larger bulbous baluster knop stem, on a domed base
19.7cm high
Literature
See Ter Kuile, ‘Onno, Koper & Brons’, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘sgravenhage, 1986, p.108, no. 149, for a comparable example.
£200300
79
A 17TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICK
DUTCH OR GERMAN, C.1680
having a cylindrical socket with moulded lip, an invertedacorn stem and dished circular foot 13cm high
Literature
See R.F. Michaelis, ‘Old Domestic BaseMetal Candlesticks’, p.45, fig. 37 (right) for a very similar candlestick.
Exhibited
Keith Pinn, Essex, December 1981, no. 5.
£100150
80
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 drippan and bold acorn knop stem, on a raised circular base
20.5cm high
Literature
Ter Kuile, ‘Onno, Koper & Brons’, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘sgravenhage, 1986, p.109, no.151, for a comparable candlestick.
£100150
AN EXCEPTIONAL FIVEKNOP BRASS CANDLESTICK
NORTHWEST EUROPE, PROBABLY DINANT, BELGIUM, C.14501500
having a bold flared socket with paired rectangular extraction holes, the stem with five paired addorsed graduated discoid knops, twostage base with a domecentred 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. 1678, 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.
£6,0008,000
82
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
DUTCH OR FRENCH, C.171040
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.
£200300
83
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN BRASS CANDLESTICKS
FRENCH OR GERMAN, PROBABLY C.170020
each with an octagonal socket with a circular extraction hole, inverted baluster stem and dished, faceted base (2) 15cm high
£150200
84
A COPPERRICH ALLOY CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.171030
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.
£70100
85
A HENRI II HEAVY BRASS CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.15501600
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.
£300500
86
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
FRENCH OR GERMAN, C.1700
having a cylindrical socket with a filled circular extraction hole, a knopped and invertedacorn 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.
£70100
87
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.16501675
the bold cylindrical socket with midfillet 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.1600c.1900’, p. 73, no. 155.
£100150
88
A LARGE AND FINE BRASS CANDLESTICK
DINANT, BELGIUM, C.14501500
having a bold flared socket with paired rectangular extraction holes, atop a discoid knop and ribbed baluster stem, a ribbed highdomed 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.1600c.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.
£2,0003,000
90
A GOOD AND LARGE BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK
C.152550
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 drippan, 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 BaseMetal Candlesticks’, p.74, fig. 96; Schiffer, ‘The Brass Book’, p. 154, fig. A. and Art Du Laiton Dinanderie c.15251550, p.175.
£2,0003,000
89
A LARGE AND FINE BRASS CANDLESTICK DINANT, BELGIUM, C.14501500
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.1600c.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.
£1,2001,800
91
A GOOD BRASS ‘CAPSTANBASE’ CANDLESTICK
DINANT, BELGIUM, C.150030
having a ‘U’shaped socket with a pair of circular extraction holes, a solidcast discoid and baluster stem, atop a broad drippan and large capstanshaped base, linear banded decoration 21.3cm high
Provenance
Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight (19121979), 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 16401820’, p.121, fig. 6 and L’or des Dinandiers, Rue des Brasseurs, p. 117, no.221.
£1,0001,500
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)
£80120
93
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. 98101.
£120180
96
93A
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.
£100150
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)
£200300
94
TWO BRASS SKIMMERS
ENGLISH, C.1700
each having a nearflat 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.
£100150
THREE GEORGE III BRASS LADLES BY LATHAM (FL.17591783), 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.
£100150
97
FOUR 18TH CENTURY BRASS DOMESTIC UTENSILS
ENGLISH
to include a baster, with Wigantype 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
TWO DOCUMENTED EARLY 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKIMMERS
PROBABLY BY THE SAME MAKER, ENGLISH, C.1710
each of heavy gauge, the nearflat 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.
£70100
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
£100150
100
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.
£100150
101
A DOCUMENTED 17TH CENTURY BRASS SKIMMER ENGLISH
with six concentric rings of holes to nearflat 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.1600c.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.
£100150
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.
£6080
103
PRESENTLY THE LARGEST RECORDED BRASS SKIMMER
ENGLISH, C. 1700
cast as one, the nearflat pan with radiating pierced holes, the handle with a punched maker’s mark 23.4cm diameter
£150200
A DOCUMENTED AND LARGE CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET BY JOHN FATHERS I (C.16361688), 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
105
A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET BY JOHN FATHERS I (C.16361688), 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 13501830’ p. 54 for a cauldron with similar marks and pp. 567 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.
Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 13501830’, p. 50, no.11.
£400600
106
A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.16291682), SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, C.1670
loam cast, the bowl with slight rim, fourarc 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
£200300
£400600
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.
£300400
107
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 fivereeded legs 16cm high to rim, 19cm diameter
£100150
109
A DOCUMENTED CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.16291682), SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, C.1670
loam cast, the bowl with slight rim, fourarc 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 13501830’, p.109, no.103.
£200300
110
AN EXCEPTIONAL RARE, DOCUMENTED AND LARGE MEDIEVAL BRONZE CAULDRON
C.13001400
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 13501830’ 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.
£3,0004,000
111
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND MASSIVE LEADED BRONZE CAULDRON BY THOMAS STURTON I, SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, (FL. 16301658),C.163040
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 13501830’, 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. 56.164.
£3,0005,000
112
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 13501830’ p. 134, no.136, where it was originally noted as 17th century.
£500800
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. 1457 for three vessels with a similar saltire cross foundry mark.
£300500 114
A SMALL 17TH CENTURY BRONZE CAULDRON
NORTH WEST EUROPE
115
A DOCUMENTED BRONZE CAULDRON BY THE FATHERS FOUNDRY, MONTACUTE, SOMERSET, C.167080
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
£200300
116
A LARGE 17TH CENTURY PART SKILLET POSSIBLY THE FATHERS FOUNDRY, SOMERSET
lacking handle, the bowl with threearc 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 threearc 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.
£100150
117
with everted rim and small triangular lug handles, the body with a threearc 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.
£500800
A GROUP OF 17TH / 18TH CENTURY WROUGHT IRON POTHANGERS ENGLISH
each with ratchet height adjustment, one with crude decoration, together with two iron adjustable pothandles of similar date (7)
£80120
118
A FASCINATING BRONZE MORTAR / DRY MEASURE
C.1600 OR POSSIBLY EARLIER
of quart capacity, having a plain tapering straightsided drum, moulded rim and splayed foot rim, the rare twinhandle 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 singlehandled mortars by Endorfer I & II of Innsbruck, Austria, dated 1538/39 (see Der Mörser). 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.
£1,0001,500
119
TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.165075
one with a midband, 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)
£200300
121
A COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY PESTLES
bronze and brass, in varying turned forms, with fillets and knops (16) 23cm long (max)
£80120
120
A 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTAR MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.165090
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
£100150
122
TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED. ENGLISH, C.165075
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)
£200300
123
TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.165075
each with a midband and stamped with the maker’s mark of Charles Applebee to base, the larger with ‘CA’ beneath a fleurdelys, 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.
£200300
124
A 17TH CENTURY HEAVY BRONZE PESTLE
MAKER MARKED
with nearcentre knop and linear bands, stamped founder’s mark ‘L’ 25.2cm long
£80100
125
TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.165075
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)
£200300
126
A GEORGE III BRASS RUFFLING-IRON
C.1770
£80120 124
with rear hinged door rotating on a single hinge and enclosing a castiron slug, the swanneck handle leather bound 6.7cm high, 7.5cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Gentle & E. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork, 16401820’, p. 419, no. 4.
127
A CHARLES II BRONZE MINIATURE CAULDRON NUTRACKER
C.1680
the cauldron of typical bagform with three splayed feet, with a threaded screw (replaced) and heartpierced thumbpiece 2.9cm high
£200300
128
A BRASS SCREWACTION NUTCRACKER IN CHARLES II MANNER, ENGLISH, C.1910
having a shaped and geometric pierced thumbpiece, a large open nut aperture with integral disccentred base 9.5cm high (max)
Catalogue Note
See Bonhams, London, 15th March 2007, lot 208, for a comparable example named and dated ‘1676’.
£4060
129
A RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY BRASS SCREWACTION NUTCRACKER
C.170030
having a twinlobed thumbpiece centred with a pierced heart, the circular nut aperture with a seal matrix of initials ‘E R’ 6cm high (max)
£300500
130
A GEORGE II BRASS NUTCRACKER DATED ‘1737’
leveraction, 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
£300500
131
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.
£150200
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY REDDISH BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY CAMGOHOBE, POSSIBLY EASTERN EUROPEAN OR RUSSIAN
the urnshaped 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.1600c.1900’, p. 22, no. 32.
£80100
133
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.1600c.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.
£100150
134
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
PROBABLY SOUTH GERMAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the campana socket with integral cuspedged 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.1600c.1900’, p.106, no. 230 See V. Baur, ‘Metal Candlesticks, History, Styles and Techniques’, p. 324 for a comparable example.
£6080
135
A LOUIS XV BRASS CANDLESTICK FRENCH, C.174549
part seamed, twopart 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.1600c.1900’, p. 20, no. 28. The duty mark ‘C’, couronné poinçon, was used in France between 5th March 1745 and 4th February 1749 on new and secondhand copperalloy wares.
£100150
136
A PAIR OF WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS BY BERNDORF, AUSTRIA, C.1850
each with tulipshaped 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.1600c.1900’ (2001), p. 13, no. 17. Alpacca appears to be the trade name for items produced using nickel by Berndorf in the mid19th century.
£100150
137
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
PROBABLY GERMAN, C.16801700
the tall cylindrical socket above an inverted acorn knop stem, on a circular flat ‘tray’ base with shallow flared rim 11.2 cm high
£80120
138
A 19TH CENTURY ELECTROTYPE BRONZE COPPERALLOY CANDLESTICK BY ELKINGTON & CO, IN THE ROCOCOREVIVAL MANNER, AFTER JUSTEAURELE MEISSONNIER (FRENCH, TURIN 16951750 PARIS), LATE 19TH CENTURY
designed with asymmetrical leafy scrolls, cartouche and scallop shells wrapping the ball socket, scrolling drippan, baluster stem and raised shaped circular foot, an applied embossed brass plaque inscribed ‘ART GOLD BRONZE / REGISTERED / ELKINGTONS’ to the underside
31.1cm high
£5080
139
A PAIR OF MID19TH 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.1600c.1900’, p.79, no. 166.
£100150
140
A 19TH CENTURY GILTBRONZE CANDLESTICK FRENCH, IN THE ROCOCOREVIVAL MANNER, AFTER JUSTEAURELE MEISSONNIER (FRENCH, TURIN 16951750 PARIS)
designed with asymmetrical bold leafyscrolls wrapping the socket, balustershaped 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 173550, acc. no. 1999.370.1a, b, .2a, b
£150200
AN IMPORTANT AND IMPOSING PAIR OF BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
MAKER MARKED, NUREMBERG, C.1600
with traces of silvering, each having a waisted and engraved (including guilloche) socket, a flat square knop, atop an entasis fluted columnar stem, on a domed and spreading foot with foliate engraved decoration, punched maker’s mark (acorn) to the square knop (2) 31.4cm high
Provenance
Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Cotehele, Cornwall. A photograph taken c. 1880 shows the candlesticks at Cotehele. They were loaned back to Cotehele, in the summer of 2005, to help create the room setting of 1880.
Literature
Illustrated in G. Wills, ‘Candlesticks’, p. 67, fig. 54 (Incorrectly dated to mid18th century); ‘Country Life’, 10 June, 1905, p.827; Charles Latham, ‘In English Homes’, (Vol. II, 1907); H. Avary Tipping, ‘English Homes’ (1927) and R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 103, no 223. The maker’s acorn mark was apparently used by Georg Grosskopf from 1591, Georg Gscheid from 1597 and Georg Grasser from 1609. See Hermann P. Lockner, ‘Die Merkzeichen der Nürnberger Rotschmiede’, p. 265.
£4,0006,000
142
TWO BRASS BED WARMING PANS WITH RARE MAKER’S MARK, ENGLISH, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
each with domed lid, one pierced with scrolling foliate decoration, topped by the punched initials ‘I:B’, attributed to James Burrows, with a fruitwood handle, together with a copper and brass example, with punched floral decoration, stamped ‘WW’ maker’s mark to collar, with a turned beech handle (2)
30.5cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.47 no. 89 and p.97, no. 208 respectively
£80120
143
A RARE JAMES I BRASS ‘MOTTO’ BED WARMING PAN
DATED ‘1622’
the domed cover engraved with a soldier on horseback above the date ‘1622’, the border inscribed ‘I AND MY HOWS WILL SEARVE YE LORD 1622’, historically replaced wooden handle 31.5cm diameter
£400600
144
A DOCUMENTED QUEEN ANNE BRASS AND FRUITWOOD BED WARMING PAN BY CHARLES APPLEBEE, C.1710
the domed cover with nurled edge and engraved with a large central stylised flower within a border of foliate scrolls, with decorative piercings, inset into an iron pan with nurled brass rim, the turned and tapering handle terminating in an acorn finial, stamped maker's mark 30cm diameter
Catalogue Note
Charles Applebee comes from a family of three generations of braziers. The first such member appears to have been John Applebee, to whom his son Charles was apprenticed in 1683. His son Charles, in turn, was apprenticed to him in 1733. A trade card of Charles Applebee gives his address as 'at the Wheatsheaf, Ludgate Hill'. The style and form of this pan, with an inset lid and turned wooden handle, suggests that it was made by Charles, son of John, sometime in the early 18th century.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900' (September 2001), p. 7. See also Journal of the 'Antique Metalware Society', Vol. 26. 2021, Charles Applebee Revisited: ‘Evidence for a Dynasty of London Braziers’, p.3241, including a discussion and illustration of this Lot. A very similar warming pan, by the same maker is illustrated P. Hornsby, 'Collecting Antique Copper & Brass' (1989), p. 112, fig. 237.
£200300
145
A MID19TH CENTURY BRASS BED WARMING PAN LID BY CRUSAUER KUPFER UND MESSINGFABRIK, DANISH, C.1850
the domed cover decorated with a flowerfilled vase within a dotpunched border, the hinge stamped with a cypher mark initialled ‘K’M’, for Kobbermøllen, a brass workshop founded in 1612, along with the initials ‘CKMF’, for Crusaucer Kupfer und Messingfabrik’, (fl.18421869); together with an 18th Century brass warming pan lid, Scandinavian or German, the dome cover repoussé decorated with a male bust profile (2) 30.6cm diameter (max)
£6080
146
A 16TH / 17TH CENTURY BRASS ALMS DISH NUREMBERG
with a central gadrooned ‘Omphalos’ inside two bands of ‘Gothic’ script, gadrooned booge and leafy pendant arcaded punched decoration to rim, with folded edge, together with a 16th Century brass alms dish, Nuremberg, with central boss and pomegranate surround, within a band of ‘Gothic’ script, plain booge, the rim with a leafy pendant arcaded punched decoration (2) 41.9cm diameter (max)
£150250
147
A 19TH CENTURY BRASS OCTAGONAL DISPLAY CHARGER INDIAN
embossed, designed with a central lion holding a sword, within geometric banded rims, the rim with stylised foliate decoration 35.5cm diameter
£4060
148
AN 18TH CENTURY ‘MALINES’ BRASS ALMS DISH
repoussé decorated with a fruiting tree, the rim with a double navette border 42cm diameter
£6080
149
A RARE 16TH CENTURY BRASS ALMS DISH
NUREMBERG, C.150050
depicting St Sebastian to the centre, inside a band of foliate scroll decoration and ‘Gothic’ script, gadrooned booge, the rim with an acorn pendant border and folded rim
44.2cm diameter
£500800
150
A RARE HEAVY BRONZE SOLID CAST CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.155075
having a cylindrical socket on a short central fillet stem, and relatively flat drippan with a flared edge, atop a baluster knop entasis columnar stem and a spreading circular base
29cm high
Catalogue Note
The design features accord with several French 16th century candlesticks but is taller than most of those seen.
£600800
151
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
PROBABLY NUREMBERG FOR THE SCANDINAVIAN MARKET, C.1650
having a central lineincised cylindrical socket, a baluster and leafycast acorn knop, an hexagonal drippan with applied alternate angel masks and pomegranate motifs together with engraved ownership initials, on a raised convex hexagonal and scrolldecorated base
23.5cm high
Catalogue Note
Although the base is clearly of Scandinavian design, a Scandinavian knop would traditionally be a large ball. The baluster and acorn knops found here are instead typical of Nuremberg patterns. See Sotheby’s, 25th April 1985, lot 199, for a similar example, dated 1645. See also Christie’s, King Street, London, The Lear Collection, 15th December 1998, lot 190, for a comparable pair.
£400600
152
A LATE 16TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICK DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1580
the slightly flared socket with midfillet having a pair of circular extraction holes, on an inverted acorn stem above a broad and dished drippan and a capstanstyle base 15.5cm high
Literature
See L’Or Des Dinandiers, p117, nos. 220 and 221 and Ter Kuile, ‘Onno, Koper & Brons’, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘sgravenhage, 1986, p107, no. 148.
£500800
153
A LARGE BRASS CHAMBERSTICK BY SKULTUNA, SWEDISH, C.183050
the rolled cylindrical socket with triangular ejector cutout and tabs on a broad drippan, with a suspension hoop, stamped ‘SKULTUNA’, together with two other chambersticks by Skultana (3)
11.2cm high, 22.8cm diameter (max)
£100150
154
A GEORGE I BRASS TAPERSTICK
C.1715
having a waisted socket, a baluster squaresection stem and raised square base, with foundry patches 11.8cm high
£250350
155
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
the urnshaped socket above a tapering stem and concave square base, incised decoration throughout with floral foliate designs, the underside with push ejector and maker’s initials ‘EK’ 24.1cm high
Catalogue Note
Presently this is the only recorded decorated candlestick by Edward Kendrick
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 52, no. 113.
£150200
156
A LATE GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK BY BEVERLEY, LEEDS, C.180010
having a waisted socket and integral flared sconce, with twin ballknop stem, on a raised stepped circular base, foot rim stamped ‘BEVERLEY LEEDS’, pushejector to underside 16.5cm high
Catalogue Note
This maker is recorded in the ‘Universal British Directory 1791’.
£5080
157
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK
C.1790
having an urnshaped socket with midfillet and relatively flat integral sconce, on a collared plain tapering stem, and spreading circular base, the underside with a unique knurled knob twistejector 24.4cm high
Catalogue Note
Presently this is the only recorded example of this type of decorative knob ejector. See J. Burk, ‘Birmingham Brass Candlesticks’, p. 24, fig.8., for a rare wingnut ejector.
£100150
158
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
having a single midfillet ‘U’shaped socket with integral sconce and internal fins, above a tapering and fluted stem, the raised concave square base with beaded edges, stamped ‘1831’ to foot rim and cast ‘PATENT K’ to the underside 26cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’p. 51, no. 104.
£80120
159
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK BY HARRISON, PROBABLY WILLIAM HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.18001808), C.1800
the urn shaped socket with an integral sconce, on a tapering stem and circular stepped base, cast ‘H 8’ to the underside
25.2cm high
£80120
160
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY JAMES HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17701830), C.1790
having an urnshaped socket and integral sconce, a baluster stem with interesting lower ‘repair’ (or simply made this way?) and spreading oval base, cast maker’s initial ‘H’ to underside 17cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’ p. 43, no. 72, where it is noted the stem repair is conjectural.
£6080
161
A VICTORIAN BRASS CANDLESTICK
POSSIBLY BY J M HASTINGS, BIRMINGHAM, C.1855
the urnshaped socket with retractable ‘saveall’, above a baluster stem and spreading circular base 21cm high
Catalogue Note The ‘saveall’ is probably a Moffat’s Patent mechanism, registered in 1853.
£80120
162
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY JAMES HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17701830), C.1790
having a square tulip shaped socket, tapering fluted stem and concave square base with beaded edges, the underside with ejector and cast maker’s initial ‘H’ 27.2cm
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 43, no. 67.
£80120
163
GIBRALTAR MILITARY INTEREST. A PAIR OF GEORGE III WELLPATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL. 17811804), C.1782/3
each with an urnshaped socket with central fillet and integral flared sconce, above a collared tapering stem and raised concave square base with beaded edges, engraved ‘TALLA PIEDRA BATTERING SHIP DESTROYED BEFORE GIBRALTAR SEP 13 1782 ONE OF HER GUNS’ along with ‘PATENT 1017’ to foot rim, cast ‘E2K’ to the underside (2) 24.5cm high
£400600
164
GIBRALTAR MILITARY INTEREST. A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK
BY TOMSON WARNER, LONDON, C.17801816, DATED ‘1782’
with an urnshaped socket, tapering stem and concave square base with beaded edge, the underside with cast inscription ‘MADE OF SPANISH CANNON DESTROY’D AT GIBRALTER (sic) SEP 14 1782 T. WARNER’ 23cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900”, p. 91, no. 195. See also R. Gentle and R. Feild. ‘Domestic Metalwork 16401820’, p. 166, figs. 130 and 131 for a comparable ‘Trophy of Conflict’ pair
£400600
165
GIBRALTAR MILITARY INTEREST. A PAIR OF GEORGE III WELLPATINATED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804), C.1782/3
each with an urnshaped socket with an integral flared sconce, a tapering stem and stepped circular foot, one engraved to foot rim ‘MADE FROM A PIECE OF ORDNANCE ON BOARD ONE OF THE SPANISH’, the other ‘BATTERING SHIPS DESTROYED before GIBRALTAR, SEP 13 1782’, both with engraved ownership initials ‘EE’ to underside (2) 27cm high
Catalogue Note
Undoubtedly made from Spanish artillery, captured prior the Great Siege of Gibraltar, 13 September 1782, when Spanish and French forces launched a massive attack using floating batteries against the Britishheld fortress. The ‘Grand Attack’ involved ten Spanish floating batteries firing on Gibraltar from close range, in a sustained bombardment. The British, however, were able to counter this by using heated cannonballs, which caused fires on the enemy ships, ultimately leading to the destruction of the batteries.
£400600
166
A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY BRASS NAVAL CANDLESTICKS
each with two sockets for different sized candles, on a short knopped stem and prominent weighted conical base (2) 20.8cm high
£200300
167
CRIMEAN WAR INTEREST. A VICTORIAN HEAVY BRONZE COMMEMORATIVE CANDLESTICK
DATED ‘1854’
having a campanashaped socket on a flared stem, with stepped circular base, a waxfilled inscription to socket reads: ‘FREDERICK PAULET COLDSTREAM GUARDS’ and to foot ‘BALACLAVA SEPT 26TH 1854’
17.7cm high
Catalogue Note
The date on this candlestick refers to when the British Army in Crimea reached Balaclava and the commander of the small Russian garrison surrendered. It is highly probable it is made from Russian ordnance which fell into the victors’ hands. The atypical manufacture, solid cast and turned, suggest it may have even been made in the field by British military engineers.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.110, no.236
£300400
168
A LARGE PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
each having an urnshaped socket with integral drippan and internal ‘fins’, above a tapering stem and concave square base with beaded edges, stamped ‘PATENT K 1156’ to the foot rim (2) 28.6cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.52, no. 107.
£150200
171
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
each having a ‘U’shaped socket with fins and an integral flared sconce, on a collared tapering stem and raised concave square base with beaded edges, stamped ‘580’ to one side of the foot rim and cast ‘PATENT K’ to the underside (2) 24.7cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 52, no. 108. £120180
169
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
each having a waisted socket and flattened rounded knop, a plain tapering stem and a flat dished square base, the underside with pushejector mechanism and cast ‘E2K’ (2) 24.8cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 51, no. 96. £150200
172
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
each with an urnshaped socket with an integral socket, above a tapering stem and stepped circular base, underside cast ‘PATENT K’ (2) 26.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 53, no. 116. £200300
170
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
each having a square rimmed socket, a stopfluted stem and raised concave square base with beaded edge, cast ‘E1K’ to the underside (2) 22.9cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 52, no. 105.
£150200
173
A PAIR OF GEORGE V BRASS CANDLESTICKS
BY W TONKS & SON, BIRMINGHAM, DATED ‘1913’
each with a tall midfillet socket, a collared tapering stem and raised stepped square base, maker’s mark ‘W T & S’ cast to underside, along with a weight inscribed ‘WITH W. T. LAMB & SONS / COMPLIMENTS 1913’ (2) 24.6cm high
Catalogue Note
This pair of candlesticks were probably promotional wares.
£80120
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE 15TH CENTURY ‘THREE KINGS’ FORM BRASS DOUBLESOCKET CANDLESTICK
NORTHWEST EUROPE, C.14501500
having a central pricket with detachable doublesocket arm, the stem with two discoid knops, having a twostage base of a dish with a raised centre on a capstan foot 35.4cm high
Catalogue Note
See Christie’s, The Lear Collection, King Street, London, 15th December 1998, lot 11 for a very comparable example (£9,200).
Literature
See H. P. Lockner, ‘Messing’, pp. 165167, particularly fig. 322, attributed to Germany.
£5,0008,000
175
A BRASS SLICE
ENGLISH, C.1700
having a pierced flatend paddle, slender tapering handle with maker’s mark and rounded pierced end; together with two cake paddles or back spittles, again with maker’s mark to the handles (3)
45.7cm long (max)
£6080
176
A BRASS SKIMMER
C.17701800
the large nearflat pan with radiating pierced holes, tapering handle with splayed and pierced terminal, together with two brass ladles, all with the same maker’s punched initials of ‘WK’ (3)
62.2cm long (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’ (2001), p.94, no. 201 & 202.
The author notes this mark has been tentatively attributed to two New York makers, William Kirby (fl.17601804) and William Kinby, (17601793). However, they are probably the work of an English brazier, with at least nine braziers and apprentice with the initials ‘WK’ recorded working in London in the late 17th or early 18th centuries.
£150200
177
A BRASS BASTER
ENGLISH, C.16901710
having a shallow bowl, a slender handle with circular pierced terminal, maker’s mark to the front of the handle, together with another brass baster, English, with maker’s mark ‘CA’ to handle, and a third, with the maker’s mark just above a joined stem (3)
44.8cm long (max)
Literature
First baster published in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’ (2001), p.104, no. 224.
£6080
178
A BRASS SKIMMER
ENGLISH, C.170020
typically cast as one, the nearflat pan with six concentric rings of pierced holes, the tapering handle punched twice with the maker’s mark of a cross with pellets, together with another skimmer, the pan mostly filled with pierced wholes, the tapering handle with worn maker’s mark to front, interesting foundry patches to rear of pan make good casting flaws which are often seen on candlesticks but rarely on skimmers (2)
17.4cm diameter and 18.8cm diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’ (2001), p.98101.
£6080
179
A BRASS LADLE
ENGLISH, POSSIBLY WIGAN AREA, C.1760
the handle stamped with crowned ‘RS’ atop ‘Barrington’ just below a pierced rectangular opening, together with another ladle, with joined handle and stamped ‘AA’ to bowl; a baster, again with maker’s stamp to front of handle, together with another baster, English, 18th century and a brass skimmer or cake paddle (5) 47.3cm long (max)
£80120
175 part
176
177 part
180
AN 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKIMMER
ENGLISH
the nearflat pan with seven concentric bands of pierced holes, the front with stamped owner’s initials ‘ST’, the reverse with a punched maker’s mark of ‘LG’ beneath a horse and further initials ‘A.L’, the wrought iron handle with a curved terminal, together with another skimmer, adapted from a warming pan lid, the reverse with chased floral decoration, on a wrought iron handle, and a Dutch allbrass skimmer, 17th century, with a knopped handle (3)
23.2cm diameter (max)
£6080
181
TWO SIMILAR COPPER AND IRON STRAINERS
ENGLISH, C.1800
each copper oval bowl pierced to one side, one stamped ‘BENHAM & SONS / WIGMORE STREET, LONDON’ to the reverse, the other ‘JAMES GREY & SONS / GEORGE ST / EDINBUIRGH’, each iron handle with a scrollover terminal, together with a George III skimmer, with circular halfpierced bowl and flat iron handle (3) 43cm long (max)
£80120
182
A DOCUMENTED BRASS SKIMMER
ENGLISH, C.1700
the nearflat pan with concentric rings of holes, stamped with maker’s mark ‘IW’ to lower flat handle, a suspension hole to the terminal, together with a very similar example, again with maker’s mark struck to front of handle (2) 52.1cm long, 16.2cm diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’ (2001), p. 49, no. 93.
£5080
183
A LARGE 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKIMMER
ENGLISH, C.170020
the nearflat pan unusually with two sizes of holes in concentric circles, the handle again uncommon with not having an endsplay, stamped with the maker’s initial ‘T’, together with a similar skimmer, with punched maker’s mark to front of handle (2) 21cm diameter (max)
£6080
184
A BRASS SKIMMER
ENGLISH, C.1700 OR POSSIBLY 17TH CENTURY
having a nearflat pan and punched maker’s mark to the long handle, with splayed and pierced terminal, together with a similar example, also with a maker’s mark to the handle (2) 19.2cm diameter (max)
£80120
185
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK OWNER MARKED, C.1790
the socket with a midfillet and integral sconce above a squared knop, plain tapering stem and flat dished square foot, punched mark 'HACKNEY MERMAID BURDEN & Co' to the underside 26cm high
Catalogue Note
The mark to the underside of this candlestick is not the maker, as one might expect, but the owner. The Mermaid Tavern was a large social centre, developed post 1766, on the west side of Church Street Hackney, including an inn, assembly room, pleasure grounds, bowling green and water features. In 1787 William Burden acquired half of the lease, which he sold in 1794. It was immortalised by satirical cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson in his cartoon titled 'Hackney Assembly'.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900', p. 18, no. 26.
£200300
186
A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17481768), C.1760
the midfillet socket with integral square sconce above a square knop and plain tapering stem, on a flat and dished square base, push ejector to the underside mechanism along with maker’s stamp (mark 2) ‘GEO. GROVE’ 23.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 42.
£150200
187
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY ABRAHAM SEWARD, LANCASTER, (FL.17881823), C.1790
seamed, having a ‘U’shaped socket and flat integral sconce, a collared and plain tapering stem, on a raised circular base, stamped ‘A. SEWARD’ opposed by ‘LANCASTER’ to the underside 23 cm high
Catalogue Note Abraham Seward was appointed on 30th March 1797 ‘Tin Plate Worker in Ordinary’ to George III, which could be related to Seward’s design and manufacture of a gold medal commemorating George’s visit to Lancashire in 1796, which he presented to the King at St James’s Palace 21st June 1796. Seward was also known to work with and supply the cabinet maker firm of Gillow. He is frequently referred to in the Gillows Sketch Books (17841800), at the Westminster Archive Centre.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 80, no, 167.
£150200
188
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK BY
ROBERT BUSH SENIOR,
BRISTOL, (FL.17551807) C.1780
with a square removeable sconce in a waisted and midfillet centred socket, above a square knop and tapering fluted column stem, on a dished square base with gadrooned rim, cast ‘R. BUSH’ to underside 28.2cm high
£180220
189
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK
PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SKINNERS, C.1780
the elongated ‘U’shaped socket with integral flared socket, above a knopped and baluster stem, on spreading circular foot, the underside engraved ‘Skinner’s Company’
27.3cm high
Catalogue Note
The Company of Skinners received their first Charter on 1st March 1327 and have occupied the same site on Dowgate Hill, London, since the 14th century.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 81, no. 168. See also R. Gentle & R. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork 16201820’, p. 134, no.146, for a pair of candlesticks also inscribed ‘Skinners Company’ to the underside.
£250350
190
A PAIR OF GEORGE III TELESCOPIC BRASS CANDLESTICKS BY STYCHE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.18031808/9)
each with a flaring socket with an integral sconce, a columnar stem and concave square base, stamped ‘STYCHE’ and ‘PATENT’ to foot rim (2) 17.3cm high (min)
Catalogue Note
The patent is probably that of ‘Eckhardt & Morton’, recorded 1797.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 83, no. 171.
£100150
191
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS BY J. MILLER OR ‘COOL’, C.1780
each with an urnshaped socket, tapering stem and concave square base, the underside with push ejector and cast ‘J. MILLER’, ‘COOL’ together with a mallet and anvil (2) 24.1cm high
Catalogue Note
To date, neither makers J. Miller nor Cool have been found. Several Millers are recorded as working in Glasgow, although these candlesticks are of typical English late 18th century design.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.63, no. 135.
£150200
192
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
BY
JAMES HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM,
(FL.17701830), C.1790
each having a ‘U’shaped socket, the flared sconce with Tate’s gripping device, on a collared tapering stem and raised concave square base, stamped ‘3849’ and ‘PATENT’ to alternate foot rim sides, the underside with push ejector and cast ‘H’ to the underside (2)
27.4cm high
Catalogue Note
James Harrison obtained a licence in 1786 to manufacture candlesticks incorporating the candle gripping device patented by Tate in 1785.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’ p. 43, no. 66.
£150200
194
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS TELESCOPIC CANDLESTICKS
MAKER MARKED, PROBABLY BIRMINGHAM, C.1805
each having a cylindrical socket with integral drippan, columnar stem, stepped and concave oak weighted square base, stamped with a crown, ‘W.S’ and ‘PATENT’ to the foot rim (2)
17.2cm high (min)
Catalogue Note
It is possible that William Sargent is the maker of these candlesticks. He is recorded as working in Birmingham in 1803 (Chapman’s Directory)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 96, no. 205.
£120180
193
A PAIR OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICKS
MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.180030
each with multiplereeded ballshaped socket with an integral sconce, above a cylindrical stem, on a stepped and rounded rectangular base, with pushejector and cast ‘LL’ and ‘4’ to the underside (2)
26.7cm high
Catalogue Note
The maker ‘L L’ has not been identified, however, the candlesticks elegant design gives the appearance of being telescopic, in the manner of a Birmingham maker. Furthermore, the vertical struts inside the socket are similar to Birmingham made telescopic candlesticks by Harrison and Fiddian.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’ p.57, no. 126.
£100150
195
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
MAKER MARKED, C.17751800
each having an urnshaped socket with integral flared sconce, a tapering stem and circular base, the underside with push ejector and cast maker’s initials ‘E.B’ (2)
22.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 31, no. 44.
£120180
196
196
A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE III PAKTONG CHAMBERSTICKS
C.1790
each with a seamed waisted socket on a short knopped stem, and circular dished base with a scrolling handle, with bands of fine beaded decoration (2) 8.5cm high, 12cm
£500800
197
A FINE PAIR OF GEORGE II PAKTONG CANDLESTICKS
C.174560
each with extensive shell decoration throughout, a removable sconce, waisted socket, the stem with a risingbaluster atop a discoid knop, the hexagonal base with an engraved crest opposed by a monogram (2) 23.5cm high
Literature
See K. Pinn, ‘Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 16801820’, p.89, pl. 46 for a similar pair.
£600800
198
A GEORGE III PAKTONG CANDLESTICK
C.176070
the tapering columnar and stopfluted stem on a raised, stepped and gadrooned square base, a later drilled hole now filled 27cm high
Literature
See K. Pinn, ‘Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 16801820’, p.99, pl. 58, for a similar example.
£150200
199
AN ENIGMATIC MID18TH CENTURY PAKTONG CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH OR CHINESE EXPORT, C.1740
with leafyshell decoration, a removeable sconce on a risingbaluster stem atop a discoid and shaped square base, the stem is seamed but fractured to centre either in making or later, however, this does not account for the asymmetry of the four lappets just below the fracture, with pseudo hallmarks 23.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.107, no. 232. The author notes ‘this candlestick is one of a small group of silverform candlesticks recorded with apparently meaningless pseudohallmarks’. For a further example see K. Pinn, ‘Paktong the Chinese Alloy in Europe 16801820’, p.90, pl. 47. See also Eloy Koldeweij ‘The English Candlestick 1425–1925’ (2001), p. 143, no. 126, for a pair of Paktong candlesticks of comparable form, again with ‘hallmarks’ including Chinese characters, suggesting they are Chinese export examples.
£200300
200
A RARE MATCHED PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN AND BRASS CANDLESTICKS
17TH CENTURY AND LATER
each one with an upturned Chinese porcelain blue and white tea bowl supporting a toy bottle vase, with gilt brass socket and mounts (2) 18cm high (max)
Catalogue Note
See Kerzenleuchter Exhibition Catalogue, 198788, p.152, no.104 for similar candlesticks.
£300500
201
A CHINESE PORCELAIN AND BRASS MOUNTED CANDLE SNUFFERS TRAY
LATE 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
of shaped rectangular form, the porcelain shard painted with figures in a garden and with a blue painted Kangxi four character mark inside a double circle, mounted in a gadrooned frame with a fretwork handle and lion paw feet 15.7cm wide, 15.5cm deep
Literature
See Bourne & Brett., ‘Lighting in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau (1991), p.61, no.180 for a comparable example.
£300400
202
AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY PAKTONG CANDLESTICK
FRENCH, C.1730
cast in two parts and threaded together, with a risingbaluster stem above a ball knop and faceted socket, on a raised octagonal base, a clear foundry patch to underside 22cm high
Literature
See K. Pinn, ‘Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 16801820’, p. 23, pl. col. pl. 7 for a similar candlestick.
Exhibited Keith Pinn Exhibition, Essex, December 1981.
£100150
203
A GEORGE II PAKTONG CANDLESTICK C.1740
the stem cast with a risingbaluster above a ball knop, on a ‘cutcorner’ square base, the ‘cut’ sections with ogeearched edges and unusual decoration 16.3cm high
Literature
See K. Pinn, ‘Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 16801820’, p.86, pl. 40 and Bonhams, The John Douglas Collection, 19th April 2021, lot 201 for similar candlesticks.
£200300
204
A PAIR OF GEORGE II / III PAKTONG CANDLE SNUFFERS AND ASSOCIATED TRAY C.174060
the tray of waisted form with a central fingerhandle and thumbrest, on hoof feet, the candle snuffers of scissor form, the stems unusually cast as legs and shoes (2) 19.1cm long, 8.7cm wide (max)
Provenance
Formerly in Rupert Gentle Collection.
Literature
Illustrated J & K Coombes, ‘Paktong’ (1970)p, pl. 40 and R. Gentle & R. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork 16401820’, p.207, fig. 4. Although K. Pinn, ‘Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 16801820’, p.120 notes that Paktong candle snuffers are ‘extremely rare’ and the trays are ‘by no means common’.
Exhibited
‘An Exhibition of Candlesticks’, Spink, London, 1974, no. 139.
£1,0001,500
204 detail
205
A RARE 15TH CENTURY ‘THREE KINGS’ FORM BRASS DOUBLESOCKET CANDLESTICK NORTHWEST EUROPE, C.14501500
having a central pricket with detachable doublesocket arm, the stem with two discoid knops, the twostage base of a dish with a raised centre on a capstan foot
34cm high
Catalogue
Note
See Christie’s, The Lear Collection, King Street, London, 15th December 1998, lot 11 for a very comparable example (£9,200).
Literature
See H. P. Lockner, ‘Messing’, pp. 165167, particularly fig. 315 & 323 and L’Or des Dinandiers, Rue des Brasseurs, p. 117, no. 215 for similar examples.
£4,0006,000
206
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
MAKER MARKED, PROBABLY IRISH, C. 1790
each having an urnshaped socket with integral beaded octagonal sconce, a faceted collar and plain tapering stem, on a raised faceted octagonal foot, cast maker’s initials ‘I.S’ to underside (2) 26.7cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’ p. 105, no. 227.
£200300
207
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
having an urnshaped socket, tapering stem and concave square base with beaded edge, push ejector to underside and cast ‘PATENT K’
26.2cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900”, p. 52, no. 110.
£80120
208
A SMALL GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.17811804)
the urnshaped socket with an integral drippan on an invertedbaluster stem and concave square foot with beaded edging, cast ‘PATENT K’ to the underside
15.5cm
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass And Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 53, no. 115.
£80120
209
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY JAMES HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17701830), C.1790
the fluted tulipshaped socket with a Tate’s candle gripper, above a collared tapering stem and raised concave square base with beaded edges, stamped ‘PATENT’ and number ‘206’ to alternate foot rim sides, cast ‘H’ to the underside
27.2cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 43, no. 64.
£80120
210
A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY I WARD & SON, BIRMINGHAM, C.17701800
the socket with an integral flared sconce, a discoid and lower flattenedball knop stem, on a square base with cutcorners, twistup ejector mechanism, stamped ‘I. WARD & SON’ to the underside 19.1cm high
Literature
See J. M. Burks, ‘Birmingham Brass Candlesticks’, p. 103, fig 121.
£70100
211
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK
BY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17701830), C.1790
the circular socket with an integral drippan and Tate’s Patent candlegripper, the baluster stem with gadrooned base, on an oval spreading base, stamped ‘HARRISON 5661 PATENT’ to foot rim 17.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 44, no. 79.
£80120
212
A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17481768), C.1748/9
seamed, the single midfillet socket with an integral flared sconce on a knopped stem and dished square base with cut corners, with twisteject mechanism, the underside stamped ‘JOSEPH WOOD’ over ‘GEO. GROVE’ 18cm high
Catalogue Note
A Joseph Wood is recorded in Edgbaston Street (fl.17361749) and a working brazier who leased property in Moor Street in 1740. Although his name is found on candlesticks there are no records of him as a candlestick maker and it would appear he was the retailer of this candlestick. No conclusive reason why he defaced George Groves name has been found.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 95, no. 204.
£100150
A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLESTICKS
C.1760
of reeded columnar form, with a detachable square sconce, the cylindrical socket with a single midfillet, the stem topped with square discoid knop and bulbous base, the dished and square base with further gadrooned decoration (2) 29cm high
Literature
See Veitch, ‘Sheffield Plate’, p.92, pl. IV, for a comparable example. This pair of candlesticks are constructed of very early diework.
£300400
214
A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE II ‘SILVER FORM’ SILVEREDBRASS CANDLESTICKS
C.1750
each having a removable sconce with foliate corners, singlefillet socket, square foliate knop and baluster stem, atop a discoid knop, the shaped square base with petal corners and an engraved armorial crest of a stork, with remains of silvering (2) 22.5cm high
Catalogue Note
This type of candlestick form is commonly made in silver during the second half of the 18th century but rarely made of silveredbrass.
£300400
215
A PAIR OF GEORGE III HIGHCOPPER BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
ATTRIBUTED TO EXETER, C.1790
each with a removeable square sconce in a waisted socket, flatted ‘octagonal’ knop and tapering fluted stem, on a raised stepped square base, each base stamped twice with Exeter verification mark (2) 24.3cm high
Catalogue Note
The Exeter mark could indicate a municipal / public use.
Literature
See Carl Ricketts with John Douglas, ‘Marks & Markings of Weights & Measures of the British Isles’ (1996), p.237 for an illustration of the town verification mark.
£150200
215A
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL. 17811804)
each with an associated removeable sconce in a waisted socket atop a plain tapering stem and raised concave square base with beaded edges, cast ‘E2K’ to the underside (2) 26.7cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 52, no. 106.
£150200
216
THREE SIMILAR LATE 17TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICKS
C.16801700
two seamed and one cast with a corepin, each with an inverted acorn stem, on a dished, cutcorner square base (3) 17.3cm high (max)
£200300
217
A GOOD PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS PROBABLY GERMAN, EARLY / MID18TH CENTURY
each with a cylindrical socket, a faceted baluster stem cast with lappets and on a dished octagonal base (2) 15cm high
Provenance
Gasworks Cottage, Honiton, pre 1965.
Catalogue Note
For a similar candlestick see T. Dexel, ‘Gebrauchsgerāt Typhen’, p. 399, no. 689.
Exhibited ‘An Exhibition of Candlesticks’, Spink, London, 1974 (no.38)
£400600
215A
218
A RARE PAIR OF SMALL BRASS TRUMPETBASE CANDLESTICKS
ENGLISH, C.1650
each with ribbed or corded upper and lower stem, a drippan and slightly raised circular base, with line engraved decoration, scratched ownership initials ‘AC’ (2) 14.3cm high
Literature
E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 14251925’, p. 54, no. 20 for a comparable single example.
£2,0003,000
219
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS TRUMPETBASE CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH
the upper stem with a medial discoid and moulded rim, the design of which is repeated to the base, a broad driptray engraved with the arms of the City of London, a lower shorter stem swelling at the base, on a flat and corded spreading circular base
22.4cm high
Catalogue Note
It would appear this lot is a copy of a mid17th century candlestick. It was probably made by a London brazier and commissioned by the City of London for the Guildhall.
Literature
See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 1425 1925’, p. 51, no.14 for a near identical candlestick, again with the City of London arms engraved on the driptray, but almost certainly 19th century. A comparable period candlestick, c.1650, sold Bonhams, John Douglas Collection, 19th April 2021, lot 111, (£7,012)
£600800
220
AN UNUSUAL TALL BRASS CANDLESTICK
ENGLISH, C.172050
having a cylindrical socket atop a similar short stem with ejector bolt and trilobe pusher, on a solid narrow slightly tapering stem and dished circular spreading base
32.8cm high
£150200
221
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS TWINBRANCH CANDELABRUM
PROBABLY AMERICAN, C.1820
with campanashaped sockets, drippan and adjustable scrolling arms, on a squaresection stem with a decorative hoop finial, on a weighted circular base
53.1cm high
Catalogue Note
See the American Museum Bath for a whale oil lamp of comparable design.
£200300
222
A LARGE 17TH / 18TH CENTURY BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
C.16501750
having a large ‘fryingpan’ centred by an open socket with rivetted tabs, the handle with rounded and pierced terminal
6cm high, 19.5cm diameter
£5080
AN EXCEPTIONAL, LARGE AND FINE PAIR OF BRASS TRUMPETBASE CANDLESTICKS ENGLISH, C.1650
each having corded, or ribbed, upper and lower stems, a relatively large flange and broad shallow drippan, on a wide slightly raised circular spreading foot, with line engraved decoration, each cast in two parts and screwed together (one now fixed), both with discernible corepins on upper stems (2) 22.5cm high
Provenance
Reputedly formerly in a chapel, Moretonhampstead, Devon.
Literature
For similar single examples see R. F. Michaelis, ‘Old Domestic BaseMetal Candlesticks’, p. 82, figs. 115, 116 and E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick
14251925’, p. 53, Cat. No. 17.
£6,0008,000
224
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN BRASS AND ENAMELLED CANDLESTICKS
PROBABLY BY THOMAS POTTER & SONS, LONDON, C.1850
each having a ‘U’shaped socket with single midfillet, a castellated bowl drippan, on a wrythen and plain stem centred by a ring knop inset with scarlet paste stones, on a circular spreading base with chased and enamelled Gothicstyle foliate decoration, cast ‘TP&S’ and ‘7901’ to the underside, (2) 18.8cm high
Catalogue Note Thomas Potter & Sons exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition, London, when similar candlesticks where displayed.
£120180
227
225
A PAIR OF TURNED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
BY BARBEDIENNE, FRENCH, (FL.183092)
each having a ‘U’shaped socket with a removeable sconce, the stem with a thin discoid knop above a ‘cup and cover’ knop, the circular base, engraved ‘F. BARBEDIENNE’ (2) 17.5cm high
Catalogue Note
Barbedienne was one of the foremost French Art Foundries, started in 1838. They became famous for producing high quality reproduction bronzes of Renaissance and later sculpture, along with candlesticks and furniture mounts.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 10, no. 8
£150200
A PAIR OF SMALL ARTS AND CRAFTS BRONZE CANDLESTICKS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE DRYAD WORKSHOP, LEICESTER, C.1912
each with a waisted socket, a very slender plain tapering stem and raised circular base (2)
12.4cm high
Literature
See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 14251925’, p.242 for a larger pair of extremely similar design.
£80120
228
226
A STRIKING PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY SHEET IRON AND WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS
BY GAILLAND NOURY, Á BLOIS, FRENCH
each having a tall cylindrical stem with a white metal octagonal socket, mid and base bands, the ejector thumbpiece of fleurdelys design, on a slightly domed octagonal base with applied fleurdelys decoration, stamped ‘GAILLARDNOURY A BLOIS’ four times to the underside (2) 33.3cm high
£300400
part
A BRASS NIGHT LAMP CHAMBERSTICK
BY GARDNER (FL.17931879), LONDON, C.1850
lacking burner, with an applied brass plaque inscribed ‘GARDNER MANUFACTURERS 53 & 63 STRAND LONDON’ ; together with a Willliam IV brass chamberstick, probably by Falk & Stadleman, C.1830, with patent twist openwork candlegripper, on a dish with a hoop handle and prominent oval thumbrest, the candlegripper extensively stamped, including ‘ENGL LETTERS PAT 6851/03’, and a further 19th century sheetbrass chamberstick, English, the flared socket with a twist candlegripper, on a decorative circular base designed with masks and foliage, loop finger holder (3) 16.5cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’ (2001), p.39, no. 55, for first item.
£120180
229
A RARE GEORGE III ENAMELLED CHAMBERSTICK
PROBABLY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, C.1760
the blue ground with three vignettes of classical scenes and gilt floral sprays
13.5cm diameter
£150200
230
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS
ALMOST CERTAINLY BILSTON, C.1790
each having a square cupped flange on a wrythen stem and raised moulded square base, with floral and exotic bird polychromedecoration on a white ground (2)
17cm high
£300400
231
AN IMPRESSIVE REGENCY GILT BRASS CANDLESTICK
C.182030
in the Rococo revival manner, designed throughout with a profusion of foliate scrolls in highrelief wrapping the detachable sconce, waisted socket, squaresection inverted baluster stem and raised circular base
31cm high
Catalogue Note
For a comparable silver candlestick by Fenton, Allanson & Machon, Sheffield, 18234, see the Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London, acc. no. 5719A/1, 21901.
£300400
232
A VICTORIAN BRASS STANDING OR WALL HANGING CANDLESTICK
POSSIBLY BY F. STADLEMAN OR SHERWOOD & SON, BIRMINGHAM,C.1890
telescopic, springloaded and with a glass shade, together with a Victorian brass chamberstick, retailed by Brecknell Turner & Son, the circular tray base with beaded rim and scrolled handle, a glass storm shade and douter, brass plaque stamped ‘BRECKNELL TURNER & SON, 31 HAYMARKET LONDON’ to collar around socket (2)
43cm high, 13.7cm base diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’ (2001), p.16, no.21, for first item.
£80120
233
A SMALL REGENCY BRONZE ELEPHANT CANDLESTICK
C.1810
modelled standing, the houdah forming a castellated candle holder, on a stepped oval base
9.7cm high, 9.4cm wide
£80120
238
234
A WILLIAM IV BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY BARLOW, BIRMINGHAM, C.1830
the socket with a springgrip above a knopped and flared stem, on spreading circular foot, cast ‘J. BARLOW PATENT’ to ejector and stamped ‘J. BARLOW PATENT’ beneath a Royal Crest to foot rim, cast number ‘188’ to underside 22cm high
Catalogue Note It is rare to find candlesticks retaining the springgrip.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 10, no. 9 (listed as pair)
£100150
235
A WILLIAM IV BRASS CANDLESTICK
BY J TURNER & CO, BIRMINGHAM, C.183040
the multiplereeded socket with an integral flared sconce, above a turned urnshaped stem, again with multiplereeding, on a faceted domed foot and spreading circular base, with twist eject mechanism, cast ‘J.T & Co’ to the underside 17.8cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 87, no. 179.
£6080
236
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS TELESCOPIC CANDLESTICK
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAN FIDDIAN & CO, BIRMINGHAM, (FL. C.1803C.1843)
having an urnshaped socket, cylindrical telescopic stem, spreading faceted oval foot with oak weighted base, the foot rim stamped with a crown, ‘F & Co’ and ‘PATENT’ 19.5cm high (min)
Catalogue Note
William Fiddian premises were at 39 & 40 Great Hampton Street. Although this candlestick is stamped ‘Patent’ there is no grant of patent recorded to Fiddian and instead may well refer to that of Eckhardt & Morton granted 1797.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 35, no. 50.
£80120
237
A VICTORIAN SHEETIRON ‘HOG SCRAPER’ CANDLESTICK
BY J.A.S. DAVIS, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.18461865)
the stem of slightly tapering cylindrical form with a side ejector, on a circular base, the pusher stamped ‘JAS DAVIS’ 17.6cm high
Catalogue Note J. Davis worked from 6 Buck Street, Birmingham.
£80120
238
A GEORGE II / III RARE FORM SHEETBRASS CANDLESTICK
C.17501800
the cylindrical stem with central knop, a side ejector below with pierced trilobe pusher, on an unusual circular foot with flat top and splayed sides 17.4cm high
Literature
See J.M. Burks, 'Birmingham Brass Candlesticks', 1986, pp. 3742, for details of the Dowler Family of Brass Founders.
£200300
239
A RARE GEORGE III SHEET AND CAST BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICK
C.1800
the flange with a hanging hook, the stem centred by a flattenedball knop, and with a particularly large pierced trilobe pusher, the square base with unique linear punchdecoration 21.3cm high
£80120
240
A GEORGE III SHEETBRASS AND CAST CANDLESTICK
BY RICHARD FELLOWS, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17811809)
the cylindrical stem with a side ejector, the trilobe pusher stamped ‘FELLOWS’, on a spreading circular foot 14.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 38, no. 54.
£70100
241
AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN BRONZE HANGING LAMP
PROBABLY 17TH / 18TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (15981680) FOR THE CHIGI CHAPEL
designed as three flying putti holding aloft a gilded crown formed from eightpointed stars, on chains 40cm high, 30cm diameter (excluding chains)
Catalogue Note
A near identical ‘eternal’ lamp is in the Chigi Chapel, Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, designed in 1656/7 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (b.15981680). The lamp was modelled by Peter Verpoorten (d.1659) a Flemish assistant of Bernini, cast by Francuccio Francucci and gilded by Francesco Perone. The design of the lamp is a symbolic representation of the Virgin’s crown, as well as the Chigi family arms, taking the form of six mountains surmounted by an eightpointed star. A similar lamp was created for the Cybo Chapel, the second external nave chapel in the Santa Maria del Popolo to have a dome and consecrated in 1687. A further copy was made in 1885 for the Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia. Another, lacking the star surmounts to the crown, was included at the ‘Let There Be Light’ Exhibition, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford,Connecticut, USA, 1964, item 40. The continued design of Putti supporting a crown can be clearly seen in an important set of five silver chandeliers commissioned by George II in 17367, for Leineschloss, Hanover and designed by William Kent. Two are at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge, (NT 516422.1)
£3,0005,000
242
A BRASS SIX BRANCH CHANDELIER IN BAROQUE STYLE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
with urn sockets and scrolling arms on a turned central stem, fitted for electricity
52.5cm high, 56cm diameter
£150250
243
A SMALL VICTORIAN TINPLATED
‘TUMBLER’ PENDANT LANTERN
C.1850
having a domed pierced chimney with large suspension loop, the tapering body with iron straps enclosing a glass tumbler, crimped candle socket
23cm high
£80120
244
A REGENCY BRASS HANGING LANTERN C.1810
of square tapering form, with four glass panes, two polychromepainted with scrolling foliage around a large anthemion motif, topped by cast leafycrenelations, with Bacchus mask corners, hanging chain
31cm high (excluding chain)
Literature
See R. Gentle & B. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork 16401820’, p. 191, fig. 15, for a comparable lantern.
£300500
245
A REGENCY BRASS HANGING LANTERN C.1810
of hexagonal tapering form, with six glass panes, headed by Bacchus masks with leafysides, and with paw feet to base of ribbed frame, with castbrass replacement parts
30.5cm
£300500
246
‘THE SELFLIGHTING ROMAN LAMP’ BY GEORGE E. UPTON, LONDON, C.1870
in the form of a handlamp, of thin stamped sheet bronze, the handle in the form of two snake’s heads, a remarkable survivor with its original cardboard box and two tins of selflighting tapers 17.8cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 90, no. 193.
£300400
247 OF POLITICAL INTEREST. A HEAVY BRASS CHAMBERSTICK
ENGLISH, C.182052
the bold campanashaped socket with detachable sconce, on a circular dished and flat base with engraved linear bands, a scroll fingerhandle, the underside stamped ‘CHANCELLOR. OF THE EXCHECQUERS. OFFICE.’
7cm high, 15.5cm diameter
Provenance
The collection of The Rt. Hon. Ramsay MacDonald (18661937), British Prime Minister 1924, 192935.
Catalogue Note
Either this chamberstick survived the fire which destroyed the Houses of Parliament in 1834 or was supplied for the new Palace of Westminster which opened in 1852.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.24, no. 34.
£400600
248
OF ROYAL INTEREST. A PAIR OF VICTORIAN BRASS CANDLESTICKS BY BENHAM & SONS, C.1880
each having a slightly tapering socket with integral flared sconce, a knopped baluster stem and domed foot, engraved ‘V.R’ and ‘WINDSOR . CASTLE’ over number ‘11’ to the base, one with maker’s plate inscribed ‘BENHAM AND SONS / WIGMORE ST /LONDON’ soldered to the underside (2) 24.7cm
Catalogue Note
Room 11 is understood to refer to a staffroom in the Clarence Tower, Windsor Castle.
£400600
249
A PAIR OF GEORGE III COMMEMORATIVE BRASS CANDLESTICKS
DATED ‘1809’
each with a flared socket, knopped and baluster stem, on a spreading rectangular base, each underside with a push ejector and cast inscription ‘JUBILEE 50 YR, 1809’ (2) 18.5cm high
Catalogue Note
These candlesticks commemorate the Golden Jubilee of King George III. The date of ‘1809’ is of further interest as it establishes that this particular candlestick design, often thought of as Victorian, was in fact made some thirty years prior to Victoria ascending the throne.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900”, p. 111, no. 238
£180220
250
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BRASS CANDLESTICK
C.1780
having a brass campanashaped and stiffleaf decorated socket with integral leafy hexagonalshaped flange, on a mahogany stopfluted column and a moulded square base, lead weighted 32.8cm high
£200300
251
A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BRASS CANDLESTICK
C.1780
having a giltbrass campanashaped socket with chased floral decoration, the integral flange with leafy edge, on a mahogany openwork column stem formed of six struts on a flutedbaluster the dished and circular moulded base with embryoshell corners, lead weighted base 33.4cm high
Provenance
Godolphin House, Cornwall. Sold Bearnes, Hampton & Littlewood, July 2008, lot 1473.
£400600 250
252
A CHARLES II BRONZE BELL
BY THOMAS STURTON II (B. C.1629, D.1683), SOMERSET, DATED ‘1679’
with crownshaped suspension mount, the body cast with initials ‘FV’ opposed by the date ‘1679’, together with ‘T’ founder’s mark, later iron clapper; with a wrought iron hanging wall bracket and a brass presentation plaque inscribed ‘This bell dated 1679 with initials F.V. and the capital letter T. came from Lord Portman, Bryanston, Blandford, December 1925. It originally hung at The Manor House, Tarrant Gunville’ (3) 25cm high, 23.8cm diameter
Catalogue Note Tarrant Gunville is a Grade II Manor House, on the edge of the Cranborne Chase, Dorset.
£1,0001,500
253
A 19TH CENTURY TOWN CRIERS’ BRONZE HANDBELL
with a lignum vitae handle 32cm high
Catalogue Note The 7in. diameter bell is larger than a traditional handbell.
£100150
254
AN EARLY / MID-20TH CENTURY BRONZE FIRE ENGINE BELL
with electric fitted clapper
22.5cm high
£5080
255
A REGENCY JAPANNED TIN JARDINIERE EARLY 19TH CENTURY
of Welsh Hat form, decorated with chinoiserie figural scenes in low relief 18cm high, 25.2cm diameter
£200300
256
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY JAPANNED TINNED COFFEE URN AND TRAY DUTCH, C.1810
of pearform, the highdomed lid with urn finial, double ‘C’curve handle, faceted tap, on three ‘S’curve legs, decorated with a floral spray, on a galleried triangularform tray
46.5cm high
Literature See W. Dexel, ‘Das Hausgerät Mitteleuropas’, vol. 2, p.361, for a comparable example.
£6080
A WROUGHT IRON SOCALLED MINER’S SPIKE OR ‘STICKING TOMMY’
C.182050
having a sprung candle holder with thumbpiece, attached to a stem with large loop ‘pull’, terminating in a long spike for fixing into a beam 26cm long
Catalogue Note
Invariably this form of candleholder is of high quality, with little wear, implying it is highly unlikely they were ever used in a mine.
Literature
For similar examples see J. Caspall, ‘Fire & Light in the Home’, p. 168/9, figs. 374376, for comparable examples.
£100150
258
AN 18TH CENTURY BRASS ‘STABLE’ OR ‘BIRDCAGE’ CANDLESTICK
C.173050
the stem of six struts, topped by a pierced disc with downswept hook, the adjustable candle socket on a circular pierced disc with integral loop side handle, all on a turned and waisted stainedbeech base with concave underside
31.5cm high
Catalogue Note
Whilst the struts would not prevent a flame from coming into contact with straw and other highly flammable materials, they would have prevented the candle from simply toppling out of the holder, which would have been an invaluable contribution to safety. Hence, they are colloquially called ‘stable’ candlesticks. They are most usually found made of iron.
Literature
Illustrated in Gentle & Feild, ‘English Domestic Brass’, p129, fig. 70.
Exhibited
Spink, London, ‘An Exhibition of Candlesticks’,1974, no. 128.
£400600
259
A WROUGHT IRON SOCALLED MINER’S SPIKE OR ‘STICKING TOMMY’ C.182050
with a sprung candle holder, attached to a stem with large loop ‘pull’, terminating in a long spike for fixing into a beam
15.5cm long
£80120
260
A DOCUMENTED GEORGE III WROUGHT IRON HANGING RUSHLIGHT / CANDLEHOLDER
CUMBERLAND / WESTMORLAND, C.1800
having a notched trammel with lozenge terminal, the base attached to the rushlight rams horn jaw behind the stem of the rolled socket, with circular drippan, the secondary stem with a suspension hook 72.5cm high (min)
Literature
Illustrated and extensively discussed in R. Ashley, ‘The Rushlight and Related Holders’, p.182, no. 134.
£300500
261
A WROUGHTIRON RUSHLIGHT AND CANDLEHOLDER
WELSH, C.1820
adjustable horizontally on a bar, together with vertical spring adjustment, the rushlight with saltspoon jaws, the short rolled socket on a drippan
71.5cm high
Literature
See R. Ashley, ‘The Rushlight and Related Holders’, p. 247, no. 210 for a similar example attributed to Radnorshire.
£200300
262
AN 18TH CENTURY WROUGHT IRON STANDING ADJUSTABLE CANDLEHOLDER
with vertical and horizontal adjustment, having a plain slender stem, the springadjusted and articulated arm with a rolled socket and dishpan, a very rare screw candlestump remover to underside of pan, on an oak block base
129cm high
£300500
263
265
267
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS TELESCOPIC CANDLESTICK
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM FIDDIAN, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.C.1803C.1843)
the urnshaped socket above a cylindrical telescopic stem and concave square base, stamped with a crown and ‘F & CO’ and PATENT’ to foot rim
17.5cm high (min)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 35, no. 49.
£6080
264
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS BY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17701830), C.1790
each of faceted oval form with an integral sconce, baluster stem and spreading foot, cast ‘H’ to the underside (2) 16.8cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 44, no. 74. £120180
A GEORGE III BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICK
C.1800
having an integral flared sconce above a slender cylindrical stem with a side ejector, on a circular spreading foot, cast with the numbers ‘102’ to the underside 17.7cm high
Catalogue Note
The small diameter of the socket implies this candlestick was used ‘below stairs’ in a domestic setting.
Literature
See R. Gentle, ‘Brass Candlesticks: Brassfounder’s Catalogue’, no. 29, for a similar example.
£70100
266
A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK BY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17701830), C.1790
of oval form, with urnshaped socket and integral sconce, tapering stem and spreading base, cast ‘H’ to the underside 23cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 43, no. 73.
£80120
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICK
BY J. TURNER & CO, BIRMINGHAM, C.181030
having an integral flared sconce, a cylindrical stem with a side knob ejector mechanism, a circular spreading base with weighted underside and flat iron sheet stamped to the centre ‘TURNER & CO’ 13.3cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’s, p. 88, no. 189.
£6080
268
A GROUP OF THREE GEORGE III BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICKS
C.1800
each having an unusual cylindrical socket and a short cylindrical stem with side ejector and domed foot, together with two similar candlesticks, but lacking ejector mechanism (3) 15.4cm high (max)
£6080
269
A GEORGE III HEAVY BRONZE CHAMBERSTICK BY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17701830), C. 1790
the tulipshaped socket with a Tate patent candlegripper, above a short stem, with an aperture for snuffers and a side ejector, circular tray base, the thumbrest to the scrollshaped fingerhandle stamped ‘HARRISON PATENT’ 10.2cm diameter
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 44, no. 80.
£80120
270
A RARE WILLIAM AND MARY BRASS DOG COLLAR
DATED ‘1692’
of circular strap form, adjustable size, with an iron hasp for a lock and locking turnbutton, finely engraved ‘George Balch Bridgwater 1692’ 2.9cm high, 12cm diameter (approx)
Catalogue Note
Dog collars are usually recorded in the 18th/19th century, but rarely in the 17th century. George Balch (c.16671738) was a prominent member of Bridgwater society. He was mayor twice, in 1699 and 1708 and the town’s Member of Parliament, a Whig, from c.170008. He married a Susanna Everard with whom he had eleven children (and seemingly a rather large dog!)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in R. Gentle & R. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork, 16401820’, p.415, fig. 1.
£1,0001,500
272
A CHARLES II BRASS FIRE SHOVEL BY CHARLES APPLEBEE, C.165075
two part casting, the tulipshaped pan stamped with maker’s mark ‘CA’, multiple knopped handle with a suspension hoop 71.3cm long
Catalogue Note
This particular maker’s mark is normally always unevenly struck, however the mark on this shovel is clear and pristine.
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.21, no. 31. See also the Journal of the Antique Metalware Society, Vol. 26, 2021, p.3241.
£250350
271
A RARE 18TH CENTURY BRASS FIRESCREEN
of cartouche form, chased and embossed, designed with two armorial shields, with lion rampant supporters and a cockerel crest, the whole with ‘C’ and ‘S’scrolls festooned with fruit 56cm high, 68.5cm
Catalogue Note
The armorials are possibly for Piret of Chatelet, Belgium.
£600800
275
A PAIR OF 17TH CENTURY CAST IRON AND BRASS ANDIRONS
DUTCH, C.160050
each having a brass columnar stem, topped by a ball knop on a short balustroid stem, the lower wrought iron square section on divergent front supports wrought with scrolls and centred by a shieldshaped cartouche, with typical ‘L’ shaped rear supports (2)
71.3cm high
Provenance
Mount Edgcombe, Cornwall.
Catalogue Note
Similar andirons can be seen in collections at Haddon Hall, Derbyshire and Knole House, Kent (NT 129619.1)
Literature
273
A RARE PAIR OF CHARLES II BRASS DISC TOP ANDIRON FRONTS
BY CHARLES APPLEBEE, C.16501675
each boss centred disc with folded and dotpunched rim, above a slightly waisted stem with a fleurdelys piercing and divergent downsept legs, punched maker’s mark ‘CA’, with timber stands (2)
46cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 21, no. 30. See also Journal of the ‘Antique Metalware Society’, Vol. 26, 2021. See also H. Shaw, ‘Specimens of Ancient Furniture Drawn from Existing
Authorities’, (1836) for a drawing by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick entitled ‘Furniture of a Fireplace’ with a comparable pair of andirons.
£300400
274
A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY BRASS CHENETS FRENCH
modelled with leafy ‘C’scrolls in the Rococo manner, and hung with fruit and flora, typical ‘L’shaped iron bracket (2)
41cm high
£100150
See ter Kuile, ‘Onno, Koper & Brons’, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘sgravenhage, 1986, pp. 286, no.384, for a similar example, but lacking some elements.
£1,0001,500
276
A PAIR OF LATE 17TH CENTURY CAST AND WROUGHTIRON ANDIRONS C.1700
each with a chamfered rectangular stem, topped by an octagonal ball knop, on divergent linear decorated arched front supports, terminating in simple feet, with typical ‘L’shaped rear support (2)
71cm high
£200300
277
A GEORGE III BRASS FENDER LATE 18TH CENTURY
of serpentine form, with pierced decoration 13cm high, 112.9cm wide
£150200
278
A GEORGE III BRASS SERPENTINE FENDER LATE 18TH CENTURY
with pierced decoration 13cm high, 116.5cm wide
£150200
279
A PAIR OF GEORGE II BRASS SAUCEBOATS
MAKER MARKED, C.1740
each of oval ‘silver’ form with a double ‘C’scroll handle, on moulded collet, remains of silvering, indistinct maker’s marks in base, possibly for Anthony Christian (fl.173565) (2)
19.5cm long
£400600
280
A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRASS ‘SILVERFORM’ TANKARD
PROBABLY NORTH BALTIC,
SCANDINAVIAN OR GERMAN, C.174060
having a cylindrical drum with upper and lower narrow fillet, a domed lid with ball knop, solid scroll thumbpiece and five lug hinge, a double Cscroll handle, on three downswept scrollended feet, tinned interior, a foundry patch to base
19.8cm high
£500800
280A
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE BRASS LADLE
MAKER MARKED, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
the deep bowl with two historic riveted repairs, the integral handle with five punched unrecorded ‘A.V.’ maker’s mark 17.5cm diameter
Catalogue Note
The sheer size and repairs indicate a ‘long working life’ point to this ladle being for institutional use, a hospital, alms house etc.
£300500
281
A 19TH CENTURY BRASS BUCKET
the tapering straight sided drum with multiple incised linear lathe turnings, swing handle 22.2cm diameter
Literature
See R. Gentle & R. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork 16401820’, p. 414, no.3 for s similar example.
£200300
282
A GEORGE II / EARLY GEORGE III BRASS PINT MUG
C.175560
of baluster ‘silver’ form, with a double ‘C’scroll hand, acanthus thumbrest and fishtail terminal, with traces of silvering 12cm high
Literature
See R. Gentle & R. Feild, ‘English Domestic Brass’, p. 247, pl. 245, for a virtually identical example.
£300400
280A
283
A SHEET BRASS CHAMBER POT POSSIBLY DUTCH OR SWEDISH, C.1800
with a broad rim and strap handle 12cm high, 20.3cm diameter
£150200
284
A SMALL BRASS AND IRON FOOTMAN ENGLISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
the plate with an aperture, atop a serpentine floralpierced apron, on downswept iron front legs terminating in domed pennyfeet
29.2cm wide
£4060
285
A 19TH CENTURY BRASS EWER MOSCOW, RUSSIA, C.183040
of ovoid form, with a band of gadrooned decoration, the high scroll handle with a flush terminal, the Cyrillic mark to base translates to an unidentified maker ‘F B’
23.2cm high
£100150
286
A GEORGE III SHEETBRASS FLOUR DREDGER BY R. RICE, BRISTOL, C.1800
of typical cylindrical form, with pushon pierced domed lid, the strap handle stamped ‘R. RICE’; together with a smaller similar example, unmarked (2) 9.5cm high (max)
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.76, no. 162.
£120180
287
TWO GEORGE III BRASS CASTERS C.1800
each with a similar pierced domed screwlid and raised circular spreading foot, one with a ballknop body, the other of urnshape (2) 10.5cm high (max)
£80120
288
A GOOD AND LARGE GEORGE III BRASS CASTER C.1800
of baluster ‘silver’ form, the domed lid with pierced holes and small knop finial, with banded decoration, together with another similar caster, c.1800, of baluster ‘silver’ form (2) 14.1cm high (max)
£100150
289 AN IMPORTANT MID18TH CENTURY BRASS TANKARD BY THE DEMIDOV FACTORY, URAL, RUSSIA, DATED ‘1751’
the straightsided drum engraved with a continuous figural scene of fur traders between bands of scrolling foliage, with a double Cscroll handle and waisted scrollover thumbpiece, the double domed lid with ovoid finial, stamped maker’s marks to the underside of the base 19.1cm high
Catalogue Note
The engraved scene is taken from a painting dated 1576, depicting Russian envoys followed by merchants carrying animal furs, arriving at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian II at Rosenberg. A tankard of similar shape, but with foliate decoration, is in the Order of Lenin State History Museum, Moscow.
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.27, no. 39 and on the backcover.
£2,0003,000
290
A BRASS CANDLESTICK
PROBABLY FRENCH, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
having a faceted waisted socket and inverted baluster stem, on a dished and octagonal base, with puncheddecoration throughout, together with another candlestick, probably French and 19th century, of similar form but undecorated (2) 19cm high (max)
Catalogue Note
Interestingly, both candlesticks show signs of iron debris on their surface, identifying that neither were well cast. Furthermore, the base of the decorated example shows the brass ‘freezing’ during pouring resulting in a loss of definition, making it probably unsaleable when made and hence a rare survivor today.
£150200
293
A PAIR OF GEORGE III / REGENCY BRONZE TELESCOPIC CANDLESTICKS BY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.17701830), C.1820
each with an urnshaped socket with an integral sconce, above a cylindrical telescopic stem and square cutcorner base, stamped ‘HARRISON PATENT’ to foot rim (2) 19cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 44, no. 83. £120180
291
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
MAKER MARKED, C.1790
each with a flared rim, baluster stem and concave square base, push ejector and cast maker initials ‘JS’ or possibly ‘I S” to the underside (2) 17.8cm
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p. 105, no. 226.
£80120
292
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS
MAKER MARKED, C.180010
each with a flared sconce integral to the vasebaluster stem, on a raised and stepped oval foot, each with cast maker’s mark to the underside (2) 18.1cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.107, no. 231.
£80120
294
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICKS
BIRMINGHAM, ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES HARRISON (FL.17701797), C.1790
each having a cylindrical stem with a side ejector mechanism, on a stepped square base, highly unusual cast gadrooning to the underside (2) 21cm high
£80120
295
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN BRASS CANDLESTICKS
IN ‘JAPANESE’ AESTHETIC MANNER, C.1885
each with a curved square sconce, a ‘U’shaped socket and tapering squaresection stem, with a wide geometric design cast drippan, on a square concave base with similar decoration, including a bird rondel, on lion paw feet, the underside with a cast registration diamond for 23rd Feb 1882 (2) 24.5cm high
£80120
296
A VICTORIAN ARTS & CRAFTS SHEETBRASS WALL SCONCE C.1890
the rounded backplate designed with a fruiting ‘orange tree’, hammered allover 27.5cm high
£6080
297
A WROUGHT IRON ADJUSTABLE TWINBRANCH CANDLEHOLDER IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE, ATTRIBUTED TO THORNTON AND DOWNER, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
having a notchedged bar terminating at each end in a candle socket and drippan, the bar rising and falling on a sprung frame, the stem with brass acorn finial, on a base of three downswept supports terminating in penny feet
58.7cm high
Catalogue Note
This candleholder was shown to Mary Greensted, former Keeper of Museums at the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, at a talk she gave at a meeting of the Antique Metalware Society titled ‘Ernest Gimson Metalwork’, who verbally identified it as being made by Thornton & Downer working for Charles R Ashbee.
£500800
298
AN ARTS & CRAFTS TWO HANDLED COPPER AND IRON VASE
SIGNED ‘V MUGARITS’, DATED ‘1907’
the cylindrical drum with flared base embossed with a coat of arms, headed by a coronet, with paired iron twistwork handles 29cm high
£5080
299
AN ARTS & CRAFTS COPPER TEA CADDY ATTRIBUTED TO ‘THE CORNISH HAND WROUGHT METAL CO LTD, HAYLE, C.1900 of sarcophagus form, hammerallover, with looped finial and ‘TEA’ to front, splayed base 12.5cm high
£6080
300
AN ARTS & CRAFTS BRONZE ADJUSTABLE TABLE LAMP BY FALK & STADLEMANN, ENGLISH, C.1910
having a squaresection stem with urn finial and a spreading circular base; and a Trench Art engraved lampshade, of conical form, engraved with nude figures of Venus and Diana in the Classical manner, the inside engraved with female nude bathers in a modern manner, signed and dated ‘RW 1918’ 50cm high
£200300
301
304 part
A RARE PAIR OF BRASS CANDLE SNUFFERS BY M. JOSEPH, HAMBURG, C.1680 of scissor form, one blade fitted with a tearshaped box, decorated to the top with scrolling foliage and pomegranates, the other terminating in a point with the maker’s mark stamped to the underside, the handles of addorsed baluster form, terminating in wire loop handles 18.3cm long
Literature
See R, Gentle & R. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork, 16401820’, p. 202, fig. 1 for a similar pair described as ‘English, c.166085’. See also Christie’s. The Lear Collection, London, 15th December 1998, lots 109 & 111, both by Nuremberg makers, the city principally associated with this type of candle snuffer.
£600800
302
A GEORGE I BRASS UPRIGHT CANDLE SNUFFER STAND AND SNUFFERS
C.1720
the oval holder with a scroll handle on a baluster stem and circular foot, with a pair of brass snuffers, stamped ‘56’ to the wick box (2) 19.5cm high
Exhibited
Keith Pinn, December 1981, no. 2.
£200300
303
A RARE PAIR OF EXCESSIVELY LONG REGENCY IRON CANDLE SNUFFERS
ENGLISH, C.180020
of scissor form, one blade with a pointed tip for lifting the wick and a ‘D’shaped ribbed box, the other blade with matching shaped plate, the long handles with oval bows, on three balustershaped feet, a punched crowned ‘W’ mark, possibly a cutler’s mark, to the top of the pointed end 47.2cm long
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600c.1900’, p.90, no. 194. £300400
304
A PAIR OF BRASS CANDLE SNUFFERS
ENGLISH, C.1800
of scissor form, one blade with pointed end for lifting the wick and with domedrectangular ribbed box inscribed ‘MR LESLIE BRADPOLE’, the other blade with plate, oval bows and three balustershaped feet; together with a snuffer of scissor form, one blade having a pointed tip for lifting the wick and ‘D’shaped box, the other with plate stamped with maker’s initial’s ‘I S’, with ‘wire’ loop bows, and another early 19th century pair, one blade with an open ‘D’shaped box, stamped near the screw ‘J RODGERS & SONS’, with raised oval bows (3) 16.8cm long (max)
Literature
See ‘British Cutlery’, 9.128, fig. 107d. for a similar set of snuffers by Rodgers. See also J. Seymour Lindsay, ‘Iron & Brass Implements of the English House’ (1970), fig. 342, for a similar maker ‘I S’ pair.
£80120
305
A REGENCY JAPANNED TOLE WARE CANDLE SNUFFERS TRAY
PROBABLY PONTYPOOL OR USK, C.1820 of oval form, decorated in crimson with predominantly ivory and gold coloured floral and lattice decoration 26cm long, 11cm wide.
Catalogue Note
Appears to have had little use as metal snuffers would inevitably scratch the surface.
£80120
306
A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY GREEN ENAMEL CANDLE SNUFFERS WITH TRAY AND DOUTER
C.180020
the tray of rounded rectangular form, with housing for the scissor form snuffers and conical douter, together with a pair of a red japanned snuffers (4) 17cm long (max)
£5080
307
AN IMPORTANT GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE STAND WITH UNRECORDED MATTHEW BOULTON AND FOTHERGILL MARK, C.1770
of rounded squareform, with gadrooned rim, and centred by an engraved family crest with the motto ‘SPERO MELIORA’ (hope for better things) atop the monogram ‘JJH’, on four ball feet (probably repositioned due to filled holes), the underside with unrecorded maker’s mark ‘B . F’ between two sunbursts
20.7cm wide
Catalogue Note
Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill were in partnership between 1761 and 1781, being based in the Birmingham / Staffordshire region.
£400600
308
A GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLE SNUFFERS STAND BY MATTHEW BOULTON, (17281809), BIRMINGHAM, C.1760 of rounded rectangular form, with gadrooned rim, the centre of the flat well engraved with a family crest with the motto ‘SPERO MELIORA’ (hope for better things) atop the monogram ‘JJH’, maker’s marks to underside 23.5cm wide
£200300
309
A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE SALVER BY ROBERTS, SMITH & CO, ENGLISH with a shell and scrolling raised rim, the well with asymmetrical ‘C’scroll cartouche, stamped maker’s mark to the underside 26cm diameter
£150200
310
A GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE COFFEE POT BY HENRY TUDOR, C. 1760
of baluster silver form, the domed lid with a pineapple finial, Rococomanner spout, lenticular beaded circular base, horn singlecurve handle with integral thumbrest, engraved crest device to body, the rim with three separately stamped maker’s marks 25.5cm high
£200300
311
311
TWO EARLY 19TH CENTURY OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE SALVERS ENGLISH
the larger with a raised foliate and shell rim, the well with extensive foliate, ‘S’scroll and lattice decoration and centred with a coat of arms, on three cast foliate feet, together with another smaller, plainer example, again with foliate rim (2) 20.3cm diameter (max)
£150200
312
A RARE GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE LADLE
C.1770
with engraved monogram to handle terminal 35cm long
Catalogue Note
Very few Old Sheffield Plate ladles have survived due to the leadfilled handle being prone to breaking. See G. Crosskey,’Old Sheffield Plate’, p.234, 556, for a similar example.
£100150
315
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS WAX
JACK
PROBABLY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, C.182030
313
A GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE TEA CADDY
C.17701780
of oval form, engraved with a monogrammed shield, between raised stiffleaf borders, the hinged cover with a central ringhandle within an engraved foliate surround, interior with divider 9.5cm high, 12.4cm wide, 8.4cm deep
£100150
314
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS WAX
JACK
POSSIBLY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
having a springloaded bisected socket and integral drippan, a plain stem retaining original green prewound wax taper, with turned finial, on a circular base with heart shaped piercing and scroll handle and original lacquered brass 12.5cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base
Metalware, c.1600c.1900', (2001), p. 44, no. 77. See also John Caspall, 'Fire and Light in the Home pre1820', p.259, fig. 586 for a similar example.
£100150
having a spring loaded bisected socket and integral drip pan, a plain stem (the spool for precoiled wax taper) with urn finial, on a circular base with heartshaped piercing and scroll handle, cast ‘H’ to the underside 14.7cm high
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600c.1900’, (2001), p. 44, no. 77
Published Marked Domestic Brass, p. 44, no. 77.
See also John Caspall, ‘Fire and Light in the Home pre1820’, p.259, fig. 586 for a near identical example.
£6080
316
A RARE WILLIAM IV PRESSED BRASS WAXJACK
ENGLISH, C.1835
having a former spring loaded bisected socket and integral drip pan, a plain stem (the spool for precoiled wax taper) with urn finial, on a circular base decorated with medallions of Industry/transport and filled cornucopia emblematic of ‘Plenty’, with side loop handle
16.5cm high, 9.4cm diameter
£100150
317
TWO 19TH CENTURY CANDLE SCONCES ENGLISH
one a bell metal saveall, the other cast from York Minster bells after the disastrous fire of 1840 and inscribed to flange, ‘Oak & Bell Metal of York Minster burnt May 20 1840’ (2)
£100150
318
A 19TH CENTURY SHEET IRON TRAVELLING OR HAND LAMP
MAKER / RETAILER HILL & SON, HAYMARKET, LONDON
nickelplated, with articulated candleholder, clear lens with hinged door, elongated hinged handles and suspension loop, applied label inscribed ‘HILL & SON, HAYMARKET, LONDON’, together with a sheetiron folding railway reading candlelamp, English, c.1890, black painted, of rounded rectangular form, with curved front glass and springloaded nickelplated candleholder (2)
15cm high, 7.4cm wide, 5.4cm deep (max)
£80120
319
A LATE VICTORIAN OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE RAILWAY OR TRAVELLING LANTERN ENGLISH, C.1890
of oval form, having a bowed glass panel enclosed by a pair of doors, with two retractable springloaded candleholders and hinged cover
15.4cm high, 11.2cm wide, 8.4cm deep
Catalogue Note
For a comparable example in silver, dated 1890/1, see the Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London, acc. no. 73/1843 RF.
£150200
320
A GILT BRASS REPOUSSE WALL SCONCE DUTCH, 17TH CENTURY
the oval back plate with a raised centre decorated with a tulip stem, within a broad border of scrolling floral foliage, with a possibly associated twinarm candle holder
37cm high, 29cm wide
Catalogue Note
See I. van Canneyt & A. Verschaeve., Vlaams Koper en Brons n/d p. 54, nos 103 & 106, and Bourne J & Brett V., 'Lighting in the Domestic Interior' (1991), p.37, no. 97 for similar examples
£200300
321
A STAMPED BRASS PICTURE FRAME LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
of beaded, oval and foliate design, holding a coloured engraving titled ‘Tippoo Saib’s Two Sons delivered up to Lord Cornwallis’, together with a stamped sheet giltbrass frame with floral foliate decoration, on a wooden backing (2)
30 x 40cm (max)
Catalogue Note
See Gentle and Feild, ‘English Domestic Brass’, 16801810, p.199, no. 346 for similar frames.
£5080
322
A GEORGE III COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING AFTER BUNBURY, PUBLISHED BY R. WILKINSON, DATED ‘1791’
titled ‘CORPORAL FEAR’, depicting a highway man pointing a brass candlestick towards a gentleman standing in a gig, circular, in a glazed Hogarth style frame
35.5 x 31cm
£4060
323
A VICTORIAN GOTHICREVIVAL BRASS ALMS DISH
BY E.L. THOMPSON & CO, SHEFFIELD, C.1885
of lobed circular form, centred by the Christogram, within a fruiting vine and geometric engraved surround, the rim with ‘Gothic’ script, each lobe with a single large flowerhead, inscribed verso ‘E.L. Thornford & Co. St Mary’s Works, Sheffield’ 51cm diameter
Literature
E. L. Thompson are recorded at St Mary’s Works from 18831886, moving to Central Works, West Street 18871909.
£200300
326
324
324
A BRASS SYPHON OR WINE BOTTLE COASTER
C.1900
of cylindrical form, with moulded rim, the drum with a chased band of scrolling foliage, the protruding base with Tudor roses on a stippled ground
17cm high, 12.4cm diameter (max)
Literature
Illustrated in Robin Butler, ‘Great British Wine Accessories’, p.210, no. 10/45.
£6080
325
A 19TH CENTURY COPPER HALFPINT HAYSTACK MEASURE ENGLISH
of typical form with wide everted rim and hollow singlecurve handle, capacity engraved to body 11cm high
£5080
326
A LARGE ARTS & CRAFTS BRASS CHARGER KESWICK SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. C.1900
having a gently allover hammered well within a Tudor rose Celtic knotwork border, raised narrow rim with a folded edge, stamped with the initials ‘KSID’ to front rim
57.6cm diameter
£70100
325
327
A GEORGE III SHEETIRON CANDLE MOULD C.1800
to make two tapering candles, with strap handle
26.3cm high
£3050
328
A COLLECTION OF RUBBER MOULDS FOR CASTING BRASSWARE 20TH CENTURY
for 18th and 19th century fittings including handles, threads and appliques (2 tins)
£6080
329
A PARCEL OF LIGHTING ACCESSORIES MAINLY 19TH CENTURY
comprising: candle branches, twist eject threads and slider ‘pushers’, sconces, together with casting accessories and a small collection of advertising metalware, to include shoehorns, ash trays and other items (A lot)
£80120
330
A 19TH CENTURY LARGE COPPER PAN PROBABLY FRENCH
with flared sides and a rolled rim, the wrought iron handle with suspension loop terminal, on three downswept legs with oversized rivets
28cm high, 32cm diameter
£80120
331
TWO BRASS AND IRON EARLY FORM ‘SAUCEPANS’ C.1870
each brass bowl with straight splayed sides, the rolled sheetiron handles attached with copper rivets, almost certainly made for use on kitchen ranges (2) 8.8cm high to rim, 15.3cm diameter (max)
£4060
332
A SMALL 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKILLET
the flat, tapering handle with rounded end pierced for hanging, the plain bowl on three ‘D’shaped tapering legs 10cm high to rim, 11.5cm diameter
Catalogue Note
This type of small brass skillet was produced predominantly by braziers rather than founders.
Literature
See Antique Metalware Society Vol. 25, 2020 and R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 13501830’, p. 137, nos.138140 for comparable maker marked examples.
£100150
333
A VICTORIAN COPPER FRYING PAN BY BENHAM & FROUD, C.1850
the oval shallow pan with flared sides and rolled rim, rolled iron handle attached with three copper rivets, stamped maker’s mark to base
37.7cm wide, 60cm long (max)
£6080
334
A MATCHED GRADUATED NEST OF SIX BRASS AND IRON LADLES
ENGLISH, C.1800
each with a brass bowl with a rolled rim, the wroughtiron handle with a suspension hook terminal (6)
16.5cm diameter (max)
£80120
335
A BRONZE SKILLET BY WESTCOTT & CO. BRISTOL, C.1820
having a plain bowl with a moulded rim, on three ‘D’shaped and ribbed prominently splayed legs, with a unique stepped triangular feature where the leg joins the body, the handle cast ‘WESTCOTT & CO. BRI’
17.5cm diameter
Literature
See R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 13501830’, p. 131, no. 130 for a very similar example.
£80100
336
A LARGE DISPLAY COLLECTION OF MAINLY FURNITURE IRONMONGERY
17TH CENTURY AND LATER
comprising: ten hessianlined boards, each mounted with various handles, knobs, hinges, bed fixings, table fixings, hooks, finials, blacksmith repaired pieces, together with various unmounted items (A lot)
65.5 x 61cm (max)
£200300
338
A GROUP OF SEVEN CELEBRATED AUCTION AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
to include Bruton Knowles, 27th and 28th April 1976, The Catalogue of the Outstanding Collections formed by the late Mr A.T. (Bertie) Isher (photocopy only), Christie's, 1st May 1996, The John Fardon Collection, Sotheby's, 22nd May 2002, The Clive Sherwood Collection; Bonhams, 21st January 2014, The Oak Interior including the Danny Robinson Collection; Bonhams, 19th April 2021, The John Douglas Collection of Base Metal; and Spink & Son, An Exhibition of Candlesticks, 3rd 4th December 1974, Anne Charlotte Cathelineau, Strength & Splendor: Wrought Iron from the Musée le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen. September 19, 2015 – January 4, 2016 (7)
£4060
337
AN INTERESTING DISPLAY BOARD OF MAKER MARKED METALWARE
17TH CENTURY AND LATER
including escutcheons, drawer handles, latches, brackets, hinges and castors
66.5 x 64cm
£180220
339
LADISLAUS EDLER VON BENESCH DAS BELEUCHTUNGSWESEN VON MITTELALTER BIS ZUR MITTE DES XIX
published Wien, 1905, by Anton Schroll, cloth covered boards. An important and wellillustrated book on candle lighting. Scarce. With part translation.
Provenance
The Belinda Gentle Sale.
£80120
A COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO PEWTER
to include: H.H. Cotterell, ‘Old Pewter Its Makers and Mark’s; C. Welch, ‘History of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers’, Vol. II only; J.L. Scott, ‘Pewter Wares from Sheffield; Museum of London’, ‘Pewter A Celebration of the craft 12001700’; J.B. Kerfoot, ‘American Pewter’; Stanley C Woolmer, ‘Pewter of the Channel Islands’; Christopher Peal, ‘Pewter of Great Britain’; Christopher Peal, ‘Addenda to More Pewter Marks’; Kenneth G Gordon, ‘Pewter The Candlestick Maker’s Bawle’; R.F. Honer, ‘Provincial Pewterers’; A.J.G. Verster, ‘’Old European Pewter’; R. F. Michaelis, ‘Antique Pewter of the British Isles’; D.W. Hall, ‘Irish Pewter A History’; R.F. Homer, ‘The Stanley E. Thomas Collection of Pewter’ (14)
£5080
341
HERMANN P. LOCKNER
DIE MERKZEICHEN DE NURNBERGER ROTSCHMIEDE
published 1981 by Deutscher Kunstverlag, hardback with paper dust cover, scarce
£200300
342
RODERICK BUTLER AND CHRISTOPHER GREEN
ENGLISH BRONZE COOKING VESSELS AND THEIR FOUNDERS 13501830
published 2003 by Roderick and Valentine Butler, soft back
£80120
343
A GLASSHOUSE CLERK
THE PLATEGLASS BOOK, GLASSHOUSES AND THE COMPLEAT APPRAISER
published 1760 for the Authors and sold by W. Owen, London, full calf bound with gilt line edging
Catalogue Note
This rare work consists of numerous tables providing information regarding sizes and prices on a wide range of goods, with important references to domestic brass, copper wares and pewter
£200300
344
D’ALLEMAGNE LES ANCIENS MAITRES LOCKSMITHS AND THEIR BEST WORKS, PARIS 1943
£4060
345
RODERICK BUTLER AND CHRISTOPHER GREEN
ENGLISH BRONZE COOKING VESSELS AND THEIR FOUNDERS 13501830
published 2003 by Roderick and Valentine Butler, soft back
£80120
346
RATCLIFF'S 1834 BRASSFOUNDER'S CATALOGUE
FROM A LIMITED EDITION OF TWENTY REPRINTS, 1986
in half leather bound marble boards, published 1986 by Roderick Butler
Catalogue Note
Almost all brassfounder’s catalogues have no owner's details. The original from which this reprint was taken is inscribed Ratcliff, suggesting it may have originally been owned by a member of the Ratcliff family of brassfounders in London. Most other copies if the run of reprints are now held by international museums and institutions.
£180200
347
JAMES CARTLAND CATALOGUE DATED 1894
726 pages, lacking covers, any end papers and part of the contents pages. An important reference work.
£150200
344 END OF SALE
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Ashley, R. (2001) The Rushlight and Related Holders: A Regional View. Ashley Publications.
Baur, V. (1996). Metal Candlesticks: History, Styles, and Techniques. Schiffer.
Baumgartel, O. A. (2015) Glanzend wie Gold: Arbeiten der Nürnberger Rotschmiede bis zum Dreißigjährigen Krieg. J.H. Roll.
Bonhams. (2021) The Andrew Crawforth Collection of Early Metalwork and Works of Art. Bonhams.
Bonhams. (2021) The John Douglas Collection of Base Metal. Bonhams.
Bourne, J., & Brett, V (1991) Lighting in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau. Sotheby’s Publications.
Butler, R. P., Butler, V., Bollen, N. & Green, C. (2001) A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600–c.1900. Roderick Butler.
Butler, R. P., & Green, C. (2003) English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 1350–1830. Roderick Butler.
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The Buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% plus VAT @20% (totalling 31.2% inclusive) on the first £500,000 and 20% plus VAT @20% (24% inclusive) thereafter.
CONDITION REPORTS
The relevant department will be pleased to give condition reports on any lot, where practical. All weights and measures given in the catalogue should be regarded as approximate.
The colours printed in the catalogue are not necessarily true.
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Where practical, payment can be made and purchases collected during the auction.
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LOT SYMBOLS
VAT
Lots marked with an dagger (†) are subject to VAT on the hammer price. Lots marked with an omega (Ω) have been temporarily imported from outside the EU and are subject to VAT at 5% on the hammer price and the buyer’s premium. In online catalogues, the Sales Tax % column indicates the rate of VAT on hammer price.
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ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT / DROIT DE SUITE
Lots marked with a Φ symbol are potentially subject to a levy.
Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or the artist’s heirs each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death.
Royalties are calculated on a sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to lots selling below £1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single lot is £12,500.
Droit de Suite, which is not subject to VAT, will be added to the buyer’s purchase price and then passed on to the relevant collecting agency.
Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:
4% Up to £50,000
3% £50,000.01 200,000
1% £200,000.01 350,000
0.5% £350,000.01 500,000
0.25% In excess of £500,000
Up to a maximum levy of £12,500
FIREARMS
Lots marked Ƒ in the catalogue, or by any other means identified as controlled firearms, are subject to the UK firearms/shotgun licencing regime, and should only be viewed/purchased by individuals with appropriate licences. It is the responsibility of the bidders to ensure that they are legally authorised to acquire the lot that they are bidding for. In the event that such a lot is successfully bid for by an individual who is not authorised to possess it, that individual will be required to pay for it, but will not be allowed to take physical possession of it. The auctioneers will reoffer the lot on behalf of the buyer in a future auction; or may accept instructions to dispose of it by some other legal means, at their discretion.
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Valuations are a core part of our business and are usually carried out by a senior specialist or directors. Accuracy, speed and above all confidentiality are paramount.
INSURANCE VALUATIONS
Written valuations for insurance can vary from a single item to a large estate. Before starting we discuss the various options available so that the valuation is specifically tailored to individual client’s needs.
For valuations of an entire house contents an itemised bound valuation is produced and can be accompanied by photographs when required. In addition to providing an inventory, written valuations can prevent painful arguments with a loss adjuster in the event of a claim.
Woolley & Wallis valuations are accepted by all leading insurance companies.
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We offer a speedy and professional service for executors and trustees and provide bound valuations for probate and duplicate copies when required. Since security is often a consideration, we can usually arrange for a house to be cleared and sent for auction, our Valuations Department ensures that executors are informed of which sales are involved and the results thereof.
We also carry out valuations for Family Division, Capital Gains Tax, and Private Treaty Sales.
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SPECIALIST DEPARTMENTS
Please dial +44 (0)1722 followed by the number listed below
FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS
Mark YuanRichards 411854
Neil Grenyer 446974
Jim Gale 339161
Sarah Stone 339161
Victoria Elwell 339161
20TH CENTURY DESIGN
Michael Jeffery 424505
Zoe Smith 446955
AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART ANTIQUITIES
Will Hobbs 339752
Molly O’Reilly 446980
ASIAN ART
John Axford MRICS 424506
Alexandra Aguilar 424583
Freya YuanRichards 424589
Jeremy Morgan +44 (0)7812 601098
Olivia Jones 424591
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS & GLASS
Clare Durham 424507
CHINESE PAINTINGS & CALLIGRAPHY
Freya YuanRichards 424589
JAPANESE ART
Alexandra Aguilar 424583
Olivia Jones 424591
JEWELLERY
Marielle Whiting FGA 424595
Jonathan Edwards FGAA (Consultant) 424504
Jacob Carpenter 424586
Freya Miller 424586
Beth Reardon 424586
MEDALS & COINS, ARMS & ARMOUR
Ned Cowell 341469
Molly O’Reilly 446980
PAINTINGS
Victor Fauvelle 446961
Ed Beer 446962
Heidi Easton 446970
SILVER
Rupert Slingsby 446956
Archie Swann 446959
Becky TillyTrickett 446957
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Jeremy Lamond MRICS FRSA 424502
Neil Grenyer 446974
Frances Woodhams
Hannah Farthing MRICS (Trainee Valuer)
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