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The Butler Hoard A Connoisseur’s Eye: Michael Foster Ltd. The Personal Collection of the late Michael & Margaret Susands Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks Fine Jewellery Silver & Objects of Vertu, including the Michael Baggott Collection (Part I)

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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)

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English Bronze Cooking Vessels and their Founders 1350–1830 (2003)

The accompanying handbooks remain cornerstone references in the field. Many of the objects featured in these exhibitions—some unseen on the open market for over seventy years—are included in this sale.

The Butlers consider themselves fortunate to have studied, handled, and shared knowledge about such fine metalwork with curators, archaeologists, and professionals from the National Trust, the Antique Metalware Society, and West Dean College.

Now, after decades of collecting and research, Roderick has concluded—perhaps inevitably—that he does indeed have too much brass to clean. We are honoured to present this remarkable collection for sale at Woolley & Wallis.

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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

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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.

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A BRASS PRICKET CANDLESTICK ATTRIBUTED TO NUREMBERG, C.1500 the iron pricket with traces of red paint, in a shallow dished candle­cup, on a triple discoid knop stem and stepped raised spreading circular base 30cm high

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

Literature See Otto A. Baumgärtel, ‘Glänzend Wie Gold’ nos. 10 & 11 for similar examples which also have red paint to the pricket.

£400­600

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6 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

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A MINIATURE BRASS CANDLESTICK MAKER MARKED, NUREMBERG, C.1710­30

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

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

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.

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

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A BRONZE SKILLET

BY THOMAS BLINMAN & CO, BRISTOL, C.1820

AN 18TH CENTURY BRONZE SKILLET PROBABLY BRISTOL

A GEORGE III BRONZE SKILLET

BY BAND AND HINE, BRIDGWATER / EXETER, C.1770­80

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

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

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

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A GEORGE III BRONZE SKILLET

BY HALE & SONS, BRISTOL, C.1790

A CHARLES II BRONZE ‘MOTTO’ SKILLET WEST COUNTRY, PROBABLY BY THOMAS STURTON II, C.1670

A DOCUMENTED CHARLES II BRONZE ‘MOTTO’ SKILLET

BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.1629­1682), SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, C.1670

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

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

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.

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PRESENTLY THE EARLIEST RECORDED WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY MORTAR, LONDON: AN ELIZABETH I BRONZE MORTAR ATTRIBUTED TO ROBERT MOT (FL.1574­1606)

THE CARNFORTH POSNET: AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADED BRONZE POSNET ENGLISH, C.1200­1300

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

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

Provenance Formerly in the John Fardon Collection.

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.

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

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

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Literature Illustrated and discussed in Michael Finlay, ‘English Decorated Bronze Mortars’, p. 120, no. 233.

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A REGENCY GILT­BRASS CHAMBERSTICK

BY THOMAS B. WHITFIELD, BIRMINGHAM (FL.1818­1833), C.1820

A WILLIAM IV BRONZE CHAMBERSTICK AFTER THE ANTIQUE, BY PHIPSON & LAMBLEY (FL.1828­1835), BIRMINGHAM, DATED ‘1832’

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

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 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

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A RARE VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK

BY BARLOW, BIRMINGHAM, C.1850

A VICTORIAN BRASS CHAMBERSTICK

BY J M HASTINGS, BIRMINGHAM, C.1850­60

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

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 Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 11, no. 12.

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Literature See Shire Album, 311, ‘Brass and Brassware’, p.19 for a similar chamberstick with applied maker’s plaque.

£80­120

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A GEORGE II BRASS TAPERSTICK C.1720­30

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS TAPERSTICKS

BY ROBERT BUSH SENIOR, BRISTOL, (FL.1755­1807), C.1760

A GEORGE III HIGH­COPPER BRASS TAPERSTICK C.1760

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

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.

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.

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A GEORGE I BRASS TAPERSTICK C.1720

A GEORGE II BRASS TAPERSTICK C.1720­40

having a faceted waisted socket, a faceted baluster stem and raised hexagonal base 12.5cm high

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

A RARE HENRI II BRASS MINIATURE CANDLESTICK FRENCH, C.1550

Exhibited Keith Pinn, Essex, December 1981, no. 9

£200­300

Literature See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 1425­1925’, p.114, no. 90 for a highly comparable example.

£250­350

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 Base­ Metal 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

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A LATTEN SPOON FORMERLY A PASTRY JIGGER, C.1600

A 17TH CENTURY LATTEN ST. JOHN APOSTLE SPOON C.1640

originally tinned, having a fig­shaped bowl, flattened hexagonal tapering stem, with divergent end and pin to hold the jigger 13.2cm long

having a flattened hexagonal tapering stem, the fig­shaped bowl with stamped maker’s mark of a Tudor rose 17.1cm long

£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

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£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

A CHARLES II TINNED LATTEN SCROLL­BALUSTER AND GADROONED SEAL TOP SPOON C. 1670

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)

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

Literature The first spoon illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600­ c.1900’, (2001), p. 46, no. 86.

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A WILLIAM AND MARY TINNED LATTEN TREFID SPOON

BY GABRIEL GRUNWIN (FL. 1681­1713)

AN ELIZABETH I LATTEN SEAL TOP SPOON ALMOST CERTAINLY LONDON, C.1600

maker’s mark to oval bowl ‘GG’ beneath a heart, (PS4123) 18.4cm long

£100­150 36 A CHARLES II TINNED LATTEN SCROLL­ BALUSTER 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

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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

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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

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£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)

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£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

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£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

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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.

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47 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.

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A DOCUMENTED GEORGE III RUSHLIGHT AND CANDLEHOLDER DEVON. C.1800

A DOCUMENTED GEORGE III IRISH WROUGHT­ IRON STANDING ADJUSTABLE RUSHLIGHT AND CANDLE HOLDER NORTH / NORTH WEST IRELAND, C.1780

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

having two long main stems and single spring, on a strap­ style 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. 212, fig. 173B.

Literature Illustrated and discussed in R. Ashley, ‘The Rushlight & Related Holders’, p. 205, fig. 162 A.

£200­300

£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.

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£150­200

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53 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

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A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY WILLIAM LEE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1759­1800), C.1770

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

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.1600­ c.1900’, p.56, no. 124. William Lee is recorded as working in Castle Street, Birmingham, from 1759. He is listed as a candlestick maker and founder from 1767. He appears to have retired in 1780 and died 1800.

£120­180

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­ c.1900’, p. 56, no. 125. William Lee is recorded as working in Castle Street, Birmingham, from 1759. He is listed as a candlestick maker and founder from 1767. He appears to have retired in 1780 and died 1800.

£80­120

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A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1748­1768), C.1755

A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1748­1768), C.1748/9

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

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. 42, no. 60.

£70­100

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A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­1804)

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

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. 98.

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p.51, no. 99.

£80­120

£80­120

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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. 74­ 77, 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

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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

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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 64

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­1804)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­1804)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD DURNALL, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1759­1801) , C.1765

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

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

each with a single­fillet cylindrical socket with integral sconce, above a knopped stem and petal­ shaped 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. 51, no. 95. The numeral ‘2’ that forms part of the mark is thought to refer to the size of the candlestick.

£200­300

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 51, no. 100.

£150­200

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 30, no. 43.

£200­300

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS PROBABLY IRISH, C.1760­80

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD BERRY, C.1760­80

A PAIR OF GEORGE I BRASS CANDLESTICKS C.1720

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

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

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.

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 bill­ head for Edward Berry dated ‘74, no. Heal 85.28.

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£300­400

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

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A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE III SHEET­BRASS CANDLESTICKS IN THE NEO­CLASSICAL STYLE AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE MANNER, C.1770

A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­ 1804)

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.

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

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.

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£200­300

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

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, cluster­ column 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

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­ 1804) 74

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..1781­ 1804) each with a detachable square sconce, a fluted columnar stem and square concave raised base with lower gadrooned decoration, cast ‘E2K’ to the underside (2) 25.6cm high Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 51, no. 103.

£150­200

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A PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS LOW COUNTRIES / FRANCE, LATE 17TH CENTURY

A MID­16TH CENTURY BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK DUTCH, C.1650

A BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK DUTCH, C.1650­1700

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)

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

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.

Catalogue Note This is believed to be a shipwreck recovery.

£300­400

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

£300­400

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

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Literature Ter Kuile, ‘Onno, Koper & Brons’, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Staatsuitgeverij ‘s­gravenhage, 1986, p.109, no.151, for a comparable candlestick.

£100­150

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81 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

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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 82

A BRASS CANDLESTICK FRENCH, C.1650­1675

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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN BRONZE CANDLESTICKS DUTCH OR FRENCH, C.1710­40

A COPPER­RICH ALLOY CANDLESTICK FRENCH, C.1710­30

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

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.

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

£70­100

83 A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN BRASS CANDLESTICKS FRENCH OR GERMAN, PROBABLY C.1700­20

85 A HENRI II HEAVY BRASS CANDLESTICK FRENCH, C.1550­1600

each with an octagonal socket with a circular extraction hole, inverted baluster stem and dished, faceted base (2) 15cm high

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

£150­200

Catalogue Note See Sotheby’s, Zurich, November 1980, lot 75, for a similar candlestick.

£300­500

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A LARGE AND FINE BRASS CANDLESTICK DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1450­1500

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

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.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.

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.

£2,000­3,000

Exhibited Spink, London, 1974, no. 7.

£1,200­1,800

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A GOOD AND LARGE BRASS HEEMSKERK CANDLESTICK C.1525­50

A GOOD BRASS ‘CAPSTAN­BASE’ CANDLESTICK DINANT, BELGIUM, C.1500­30

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

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 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.

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

£2,000­3,000

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TWO BRASS SKIMMERS ENGLISH, C.1700

TWO BRASS SKIMMERS ENGLISH, C.1700, OR EARLIER

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)

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)

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 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.

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.

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.

£120­180

£100­150

£100­150

to include three basters and one slice, each with a pierced handle terminal and indistinct maker’s marks (4) 47.2cm long (max)

£80­120

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FOUR 18TH CENTURY BRASS AND IRON SKIMMERS ENGLISH

THREE GEORGE III BRASS LADLES

BY LATHAM (FL.1759­1783), WIGAN, C.1770

FOUR 18TH CENTURY BRASS DOMESTIC UTENSILS ENGLISH

each stamped ‘LATHAM WIGAN’ to the handle (3) 43.6cm long (max)

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)

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.

£200­300

£100­150

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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

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TWO DOCUMENTED EARLY 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKIMMERS PROBABLY BY THE SAME MAKER, ENGLISH, C.1710

A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS BASTER

BY JOHN APPLEBEE II, C.1740

A DOCUMENTED 18TH CENTURY BRASS LADLE ENGLISH

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

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. 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.

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.

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

£100­150

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

£60­80 103

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 seal­ top spoon of early 17th century date has been recorded with the same maker’s mark.

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

£100­150 103

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A DOCUMENTED AND LARGE CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET

BY JOHN FATHERS I (C.1636­1688), MONTACUTE, SOMERSET, DATED ‘1677’

A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET

BY JOHN FATHERS I (C.1636­1688), MONTACUTE, SOMERSET

the bowl with slightly moulded rim, cast with ownership triad ‘W’ over ‘IM’, opposed by the date ‘1677’, on three splayed ribbed legs, the ‘type 9’ handle cast ‘JOHN FATHERS’, no founder’s mark 14.4cm high to rim, 22.6cm, 6.25 pint capacity Provenance Formerly in the John Fardon Collection.

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 1350­1830’, p. 50, no.11.

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.

£400­600

£400­600

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A CHARLES II BRONZE SKILLET

BY THOMAS STURTON II (C.1629­1682), SOUTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, C.1670

AN EARLY 17TH CENTURY BRONZE SKILLET PROBABLY SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

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

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

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

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AN EXCEPTIONAL RARE, DOCUMENTED AND LARGE MEDIEVAL BRONZE CAULDRON C.1300­1400

A RARE AND DOCUMENTED MEDIEVAL BRONZE CAULDRON ATTRIBUTED TO THE WELSH BORDERS / SHROPSHIRE, 14TH / 15TH CENTURY

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

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

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.

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

£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).

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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

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AN EARLY 16TH CENTURY BRONZE CAULDRON PROBABLY SOUTH EAST ENGLAND, C.1500

A SMALL 17TH CENTURY BRONZE CAULDRON NORTH WEST EUROPE

A DOCUMENTED BRONZE CAULDRON

BY THE FATHERS FOUNDRY, MONTACUTE, SOMERSET, C.1670­80

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

having an everted rim, aligned with horizontal angular lug handles, on full (unworn) triangular­ section 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

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 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.

£200­300

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler & C. Green, ‘English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 1350­1830’ p.55, no. 19.

£500­800

£300­500

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 28

117 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

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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.

£1,000­1,500 118

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TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650­75

A 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTAR MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1650­90

one with a mid­band, the other ribbed, mark of Charles Applebee to underside (2) 9.2cm high, 11.9cm diameter (max)

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

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

£100­150

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 121 part

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TWO 17TH CENTURY BRONZE MORTARS MAKER MARKED. ENGLISH, C.1650­75

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)

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.17 (centre and centre right) and M. Finlay, ‘English Decorated Bronze Mortars’, p. 161, no.323 (left).

£200­300

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 124

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 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.

£80­120

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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

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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)

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£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

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£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 130

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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY REDDISH BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY CAMGOHOBE, POSSIBLY EASTERN EUROPEAN OR RUSSIAN

A PAIR OF WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS

BY BERNDORF, AUSTRIA, C.1850

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

132

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­ c.1900’, p. 22, no. 32.

133

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.1600­ c.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

£80­100 137 133 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

134

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Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600­ c.1900’ (2001), p. 71, no. 151. The author notes that the crescents flanking the maker’s initials may indicate the candlesticks were made in Fürth, near Nuremberg, where a cuspate crescent was the assay mark used for silver during the 19th century.

£100­150 134 A BRASS CANDLESTICK PROBABLY SOUTH GERMAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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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.1600­ c.1900’, p.106, no. 230 See V. Baur, ‘Metal Candlesticks, History, Styles and Techniques’, p. 324 for a comparable example.

£60­80

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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

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Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­ c.1900’, p. 20, no. 28. The duty mark ‘C’, couronné poinçon, was used in France between 5th March 1745 and 4th February 1749 on new and second­hand copper­alloy wares.

£100­150

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.1600­ c.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

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141 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

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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 142

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TWO BRASS BED WARMING PANS WITH RARE MAKER’S MARK, ENGLISH, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

A DOCUMENTED QUEEN ANNE BRASS AND FRUITWOOD BED WARMING PAN

BY CHARLES APPLEBEE, C.1710

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)

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

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

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

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.

A 19TH CENTURY BRASS OCTAGONAL DISPLAY CHARGER INDIAN

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.

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embossed, designed with a central lion holding a sword, within geometric banded rims, the rim with stylised foliate decoration 35.5cm diameter

£40­60

AN 18TH CENTURY ‘MALINES’ BRASS ALMS DISH repoussé decorated with a fruiting tree, the rim with a double navette border 42cm diameter

£60­80

£200­300

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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

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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

150

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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)

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A GEORGE I BRASS TAPERSTICK C.1715

A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­ 1804)

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.1781­ 1804)

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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

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Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­ c.1900’, p. 52, no. 113.

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

£150­200

£80­120

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A LATE GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY BEVERLEY, LEEDS, C.1800­10

A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK

BY JAMES HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1770­ 1830), C.1790

£50­80

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.1600­ c.1900’ p. 43, no. 72, where it is noted the stem repair is conjectural.

157

£60­80

A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK C.1790

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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

159

£80­120

A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY HARRISON, PROBABLY WILLIAM HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1800­1808), C.1800

Catalogue Note This maker is recorded in the ‘Universal British Directory 1791’.

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Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­ c.1900’p. 51, no. 104.

Catalogue Note Presently this is the only recorded decorated candlestick by Edward Kendrick

having a waisted socket and integral flared sconce, with twin ball­knop stem, on a raised stepped circular base, foot rim stamped ‘BEVERLEY LEEDS’, push­ ejector to underside 16.5cm high

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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

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 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.

Catalogue Note The ‘save­all’ is probably a Moffat’s Patent mechanism, registered in 1853.

£100­150

£80­120 162 A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK

BY JAMES HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1770­ 1830), 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.1600­ c.1900’, p. 43, no. 67.

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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

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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

165 GIBRALTAR MILITARY INTEREST. A PAIR OF GEORGE III WELL­ PATINATED 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.

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A LARGE PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­1804)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­1804)

A 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

each having a waisted socket and flattened rounded knop, a plain tapering stem and a flat dished square base, the underside with push­ ejector mechanism and cast ‘E2K’ (2) 24.8cm high

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. 107.

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 51, no. 96.

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­1804)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­1804)

A PAIR OF GEORGE V BRASS CANDLESTICKS

BY W TONKS & SON, BIRMINGHAM, DATED ‘1913’

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

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

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

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 52, no. 108.

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Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 53, no. 116.

£200­300

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 52, no. 105.

£150­200

Catalogue Note This pair of candlesticks were probably promotional wares.

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174 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

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A BRASS SLICE ENGLISH, C.1700

A BRASS SKIMMER ENGLISH, C.1700­20

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)

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

£60­80 176 A BRASS SKIMMER C.1770­1800

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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.1600­ c.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)

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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

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600­ c.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

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AN 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKIMMER ENGLISH

A DOCUMENTED BRASS SKIMMER ENGLISH, C.1700

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)

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

£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

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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)

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£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

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A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK OWNER MARKED, C.1790

A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK

BY ABRAHAM SEWARD, LANCASTER, (FL.1788­1823), 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

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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.1600­ c.1900', p. 18, no. 26.

£200­300 186 A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1748­ 1768), 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

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Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­ c.1900’, p. 42.

£150­200

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.1600­ c.1900’, p. 80, no, 167.

£150­200

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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.

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III TELESCOPIC BRASS CANDLESTICKS

BY STYCHE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1803­1808/9)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS

BY J. MILLER OR ‘COOL’, C.1780

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)

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 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

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.

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

BY JAMES HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1770­1830), C.1790

A PAIR OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS CANDLESTICKS MAKER MARKED, ENGLISH, C.1800­30

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

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 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

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.

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS TELESCOPIC CANDLESTICKS MAKER MARKED, PROBABLY BIRMINGHAM, C.1805

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS MAKER MARKED, C.1775­1800

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)

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

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. 31, no. 44.

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 96, no. 205.

£120­180

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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

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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.

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A RARE MATCHED PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN AND BRASS CANDLESTICKS 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

A GEORGE II PAKTONG CANDLESTICK C.1740

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.

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£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

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

Literature See K. Pinn, ‘Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe, 1680­1820’, p. 23, pl. col. pl. 7 for a similar candlestick.

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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.

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS MAKER MARKED, PROBABLY IRISH, C. 1790

A GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY I WARD & SON, BIRMINGHAM, C.1770­1800

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

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

£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.

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£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

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A SMALL GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK

BY EDWARD KENDRICK, LONDON, (FL.1781­1804)

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the urn­shaped socket with an integral drip­pan on an inverted­ baluster stem and concave square foot with beaded edging, cast ‘PATENT K’ to the underside 15.5cm

A GEORGE II BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY GEORGE GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1748­1768), C.1748/9

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass And Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 53, no. 115.

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

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

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Literature See J. M. Burks, ‘Birmingham Brass Candlesticks’, p. 103, fig 121.

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600­c.1900’, (2001), p. 44, no. 79.

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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.

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213 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.

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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

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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

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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

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A RARE PAIR OF SMALL BRASS TRUMPET­BASE CANDLESTICKS ENGLISH, C.1650

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS TRUMPET­ BASE CANDLESTICK ENGLISH

each with ribbed or corded upper and lower stem, a drip­ pan and slightly raised circular base, with line engraved decoration, scratched ownership initials ‘AC’ (2) 14.3cm high

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

Literature E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 1425­1925’, p.

54, no. 20 for a comparable single example.

£2,000­3,000

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).

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£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

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221 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS TWIN­ BRANCH 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

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222 A LARGE 17TH / 18TH CENTURY BRASS CHAMBERSTICK C.1650­1750

Catalogue Note See the American Museum Bath for a whale oil lamp of comparable design.

having a large ‘frying­pan’ centred by an open socket with rivetted tabs, the handle with rounded and pierced terminal 6cm high, 19.5cm diameter

£200­300

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223 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

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN BRASS AND ENAMELLED CANDLESTICKS PROBABLY BY THOMAS POTTER & SONS, LONDON, C.1850

A PAIR OF TURNED BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

BY BARBEDIENNE, FRENCH, (FL.1830­92)

A STRIKING PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY SHEET IRON AND WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS

BY GAILLAND NOURY, Á BLOIS, FRENCH

each having a ‘U’­shaped socket with single mid­ fillet, 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

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.

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 fleur­ de­lys decoration, stamped ‘GAILLARD­NOURY A BLOIS’ four times to the underside (2) 33.3cm high

£300­400

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 10, no. 8

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A PAIR OF SMALL ARTS AND CRAFTS BRONZE CANDLESTICKS ATTRIBUTED TO THE DRYAD WORKSHOP, LEICESTER, C.1912

A BRASS NIGHT LAMP CHAMBERSTICK

BY GARDNER (FL.1793­1879), LONDON, C.1850

each with a waisted socket, a very slender plain tapering stem and raised circular base (2) 12.4cm high

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 See E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 1425­1925’, p.242 for a larger pair of extremely similar design.

£80­120

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.

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A RARE GEORGE III ENAMELLED CHAMBERSTICK PROBABLY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, C.1760

AN IMPRESSIVE REGENCY GILT BRASS CANDLESTICK C.1820­30

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

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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)

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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

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A WILLIAM IV BRASS CANDLESTICK

BY BARLOW, BIRMINGHAM, C.1830

A VICTORIAN SHEET­IRON ‘HOG SCRAPER’ CANDLESTICK

BY J.A.S. DAVIS, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1846­1865)

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).

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238 235 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.

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Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 35, no. 50.

£80­120

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 tri­ lobe 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

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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

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A BRASS SIX BRANCH CHANDELIER IN BAROQUE STYLE, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

A REGENCY BRASS HANGING LANTERN C.1810

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

£300­500 246 ‘THE SELF­LIGHTING ROMAN LAMP’

BY GEORGE E. UPTON, LONDON, C.1870

having a domed pierced chimney with large suspension loop, the tapering body with iron straps enclosing a glass tumbler, crimped candle socket 23cm high

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

£80­120

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p. 90, no. 193.

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of hexagonal tapering form, with six glass panes, headed by Bacchus masks with leafy­sides, and with paw feet to base of ribbed frame, with cast­ brass replacement parts 30.5cm

A REGENCY BRASS HANGING LANTERN C.1810

£300­400

of square tapering form, with four glass panes, two polychrome­painted with scrolling foliage around a large anthemion motif, topped by cast leafy­ crenelations, 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.

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OF POLITICAL INTEREST. A HEAVY BRASS CHAMBERSTICK ENGLISH, C.1820­52

A PAIR OF GEORGE III COMMEMORATIVE BRASS CANDLESTICKS DATED ‘1809’

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

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

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.

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.1600­ c.1900”, p. 111, no. 238

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­ c.1900’, p.24, no. 34.

£180­220

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BRASS CANDLESTICK C.1780

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

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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.

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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.

£1,000­1,500 253 252

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.

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£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

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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.

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A WROUGHT IRON SO­CALLED MINER’S SPIKE OR ‘STICKING TOMMY’ C.1820­50

A DOCUMENTED GEORGE III WROUGHT IRON HANGING RUSHLIGHT / CANDLEHOLDER CUMBERLAND / WESTMORLAND, C.1800

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

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)

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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

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.

adjustable horizontally on a bar, together with vertical spring adjustment, the rushlight with salt­ spoon 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.

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£200­300 262 AN 18TH CENTURY WROUGHT IRON STANDING ADJUSTABLE CANDLEHOLDER

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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

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£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

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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS TELESCOPIC CANDLESTICK ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM FIDDIAN, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.C.1803­C.1843)

A GEORGE III BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICK C.1800

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICK

BY J. TURNER & CO, BIRMINGHAM, C.1810­30

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

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

Catalogue Note The small diameter of the socket implies this candlestick was used ‘below stairs’ in a domestic setting.

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’s, p. 88, no. 189.

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

Literature See R. Gentle, ‘Brass Candlesticks: Brassfounder’s Catalogue’, no. 29, for a similar example.

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICKS

BY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1770­ 1830), 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

£60­80 268 A GROUP OF THREE GEORGE III BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICKS C.1800

266 A GEORGE III BRONZE CANDLESTICK

BY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1770­ 1830), 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.

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.1770­ 1830), C. 1790 the tulip­shaped socket with a Tate patent candle­ gripper, 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

£80­120

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600­c.1900’, (2001), p. 44, no. 80.

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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.

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£1,000­1,500 271 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.

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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.

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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

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Catalogue Note Similar andirons can be seen in collections at Haddon Hall, Derbyshire and Knole House, Kent (NT 129619.1)

273 A RARE PAIR OF CHARLES II BRASS DISC TOP ANDIRON FRONTS

BY CHARLES APPLEBEE, C.1650­1675 each boss centred disc with folded and dot­ punched 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.

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£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

Literature 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

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II BRASS SAUCEBOATS MAKER MARKED, C.1740

A 19TH CENTURY BRASS BUCKET

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

the tapering straight sided drum with multiple incised linear lathe turnings, swing handle 22.2cm diameter

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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

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 scroll­ ended feet, tinned interior, a foundry patch to base 19.8cm high

Literature See R. Gentle & R. Feild, ‘English Domestic Brass’, p. 247, pl. 245, for a virtually identical example.

£500­800

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280A A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE BRASS LADLE MAKER MARKED, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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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.

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A SHEET BRASS CHAMBER POT POSSIBLY DUTCH OR SWEDISH, C.1800

A GEORGE III SHEET­BRASS FLOUR DREDGER

BY R. RICE, BRISTOL, C.1800

with a broad rim and strap handle 12cm high, 20.3cm diameter

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)

£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

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£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)

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

£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)

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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.

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A BRASS CANDLESTICK PROBABLY FRENCH, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS MAKER MARKED, C.1790

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS CANDLESTICKS MAKER MARKED, C.1800­10

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)

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

each with a flared sconce integral to the vase­ baluster 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. 105, no. 226.

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware c.1600­c.1900’, p.107, no. 231.

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III / REGENCY BRONZE TELESCOPIC CANDLESTICKS

BY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, (FL.1770­ 1830), C.1820

A PAIR OF GEORGE III BRASS EJECTOR CANDLESTICKS BIRMINGHAM, ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES HARRISON (FL.1770­1797), C.1790

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN BRASS CANDLESTICKS IN ‘JAPANESE’ AESTHETIC MANNER, C.1885

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

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

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

Literature Illustrated in R. Butler, ‘A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600­c.1900’, (2001), p. 44, no. 83.

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£80­120

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

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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 TWIN­ BRANCH CANDLEHOLDER IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE, ATTRIBUTED TO THORNTON AND DOWNER, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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301 A RARE PAIR OF BRASS CANDLE SNUFFERS

BY M. JOSEPH, HAMBURG, C.1680 of scissor form, one blade fitted with a tear­ shaped 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

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A RARE PAIR OF EXCESSIVELY LONG REGENCY IRON CANDLE SNUFFERS ENGLISH, C.1800­20

A REGENCY JAPANNED TOLE WARE CANDLE SNUFFERS TRAY PROBABLY PONTYPOOL OR USK, C.1820

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

of oval form, decorated in crimson with predominantly ivory and gold coloured floral and lattice decoration 26cm long, 11cm wide.

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 baluster­ shaped 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)

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

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.

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AN IMPORTANT GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE STAND WITH UNRECORDED MATTHEW BOULTON AND FOTHERGILL MARK, C.1770

A GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE CANDLE SNUFFERS STAND

BY MATTHEW BOULTON, (1728­1809), BIRMINGHAM, C.1760

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

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

Catalogue Note Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill were in partnership between 1761 and 1781, being based in the Birmingham / Staffordshire region.

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A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE SALVER

BY ROBERTS, SMITH & CO, ENGLISH

A GEORGE III OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE COFFEE POT

BY HENRY TUDOR, C. 1760

with a shell and scrolling raised rim, the well with asymmetrical ‘C’­scroll cartouche, stamped maker’s mark to the underside 26cm diameter

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

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313 314 315 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS WAX JACK PROBABLY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, C.1820­30

312 313 311 311 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

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

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 heart­ shaped 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.

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AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BRASS WAX JACK POSSIBLY HARRISON, BIRMINGHAM, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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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

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 pre­ coiled 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)

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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.

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320 A GILT BRASS REPOUSSE WALL SCONCE DUTCH, 17TH CENTURY

£50­80

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

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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

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

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A GEORGE III COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVING AFTER BUNBURY, PUBLISHED BY R. WILKINSON, DATED ‘1791’

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A VICTORIAN GOTHIC­REVIVAL BRASS ALMS DISH

BY E.L. THOMPSON & CO, SHEFFIELD, C.1885

A BRASS SYPHON OR WINE BOTTLE COASTER C.1900

A GEORGE III SHEET­IRON CANDLE MOULD C.1800

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

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)

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for 18th and 19th century fittings including handles, threads and appliques (2 tins)

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A 19TH CENTURY COPPER HALF­PINT HAYSTACK MEASURE ENGLISH

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328 A COLLECTION OF RUBBER MOULDS FOR CASTING BRASSWARE 20TH CENTURY

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Literature Illustrated in Robin Butler, ‘Great British Wine Accessories’, p.210, no. 10/45.

of typical form with wide everted rim and hollow single­curve handle, capacity engraved to body 11cm high

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to make two tapering candles, with strap handle 26.3cm high

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)

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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

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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 sheet­ iron handles attached with copper rivets, almost certainly made for use on kitchen ranges (2) 8.8cm high to rim, 15.3cm diameter (max)

£40­60 331 332 A SMALL 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKILLET

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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.

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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.

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AN INTERESTING DISPLAY BOARD OF MAKER MARKED METALWARE 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)

including escutcheons, drawer handles, latches, brackets, hinges and castors 66.5 x 64cm

£180­220

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A GROUP OF SEVEN CELEBRATED AUCTION AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

LADISLAUS EDLER VON BENESCH DAS BELEUCHTUNGSWESEN VON MITTELALTER BIS ZUR MITTE DES XIX

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)

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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

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A COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO PEWTER

D’ALLEMAGNE LES ANCIENS MAITRES LOCKSMITHS AND THEIR BEST WORKS, PARIS 1943

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)

£40­60 345 RODERICK BUTLER AND CHRISTOPHER GREEN ENGLISH BRONZE COOKING VESSELS AND THEIR FOUNDERS 1350­1830 published 2003 by Roderick and Valentine Butler, soft back

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£50­80 346 341 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

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.

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£200­300

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 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.

Christie’s. (1998). The Lear Collection of Socket Candlesticks. Christie’s.

Christie’s South Kensington. (2009). The Roger Warner Collection. Christie’s.

Crosskey, G. (2013). Old Sheffield Plate: A History of the 18th Century Plated Trade. Treffry Publishing.

Fennimore, D. L. (1996). Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection. Winterthur.

Finlay, M. (2010). English Decorated Bronze Mortars and Their Makers. Plains Books.

Finlay, M. (2014). Pastry Jiggers and Pastry Prints. Plains Books.

Gadd, J. (2006). The Skultuna Brass Manufactory from 1607. Antique Metalware Society.

Gemeentemuseum The Hague. (1971). Kandelaars / Candlesticks. Haags Gemeentemuseum.

Gentle, R., & Feild, R. (1975). English Domestic Brass 1680–1810 and the History of Its Origins. Elek Books.

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John, W. D., & Coombes, K. (1970). Paktong: The Non-Tarnishable Chinese ‘Silver’ Alloy Used for ‘Adam’ Firegrates and Early Georgian Candlesticks. The Ceramic Book Company.

Koldeweij, E. (2001). The English Candlestick 1425–1925. Christie’s.

Kuile, O. (1986). Koper & Brons. Rijks Museum.

Lockner, H. P. (1981). Die Merkzeichen der Nürnberger Rotschmiede. Deutscher Kunstverlag.

Mackay Thomas, W. G. (1954). English Candlesticks Before 1600. Metropolitan Stationery Company Ltd. Michaelis, R. F. (1978). Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks. Antique Collectors’ Club.

Pinn, K. (1999). Paktong: The Chinese Alloy in Europe 1680–1820. Antique Collectors’ Club.

Ricketts, C., & Douglas, J. (1996). Marks and Markings of Weights and Measures of the British Isles. Carl Ricketts.

Spink & Sons. (1974). An Exhibition of Candlesticks. Spink & Sons.

Thomas, N., Leroy, I., & Plumier, J. (2014). L’or des Dinandiers: Fondeurs et Batteurs Mosnans au Moyen Âge. Maison du Patrimoine Médiéval Mosan.

Victoria & Albert Museum. (1962). CINOA International Art Treasure Exhibition. Victoria & Albert Museum.

Vietch, H. N. (1908). Sheffield Plate: Its History, Manufacture and Art. George Bell and Sons.

Waldron, P. (1982). The Price Guide to Antique Silver. Antique Collectors’ Club.

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REGISTERING WITH US All first time buyers need to register with us.

To register, you will need to provide two forms of identification: 1. a passport or photographic driving licence

BUYER’S PREMIUM 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.

SALE RESULTS These will be posted on our website shortly after the sale.

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COMMISSION BIDDING If you are unable to attend the sale you can leave a commission bid. This will be executed on your behalf by the auctioneer who will purchase the lot as cheaply as possible bearing in mind any reserve price and other bids.

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Please note that due to the withdrawal of the Retail Export Scheme by HMRC, we are unable to provide VAT refund documentation (C88) for hand­carried exports.

In order to qualify for a VAT refund, your lots must be exported by a shipper and valid export documentation must be provided.

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If you are a first time buyer we will need your name, address and bank details and will require funds to be cleared before purchases can be released.

The following methods of payment may be made: Bacs, debit and credit cards Wire transfers should be sent to: Lloyds Bank plc, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury SP1 1DB. Account no. 00957707 Sort code 30­97­41 IBAN no. GB20LOYD30974100957707 BIC code LOYDGB21063 Debit and Credit cards: Visa, Mastercard, Amex or Union Pay. 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

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