The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill

The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill

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Very Fine and Rare Northwestern European Cast Brass Four-Knop Pierced Circular-Based Candlestick, 15th Century

Auction Closed

January 23, 10:36 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Very Fine and Rare Northwestern European Cast Brass Four-Knop Pierced Circular-Based Candlestick

15th Century


Height 11 1/8 in.

Mark and Marjorie Allen, Manchester, New Hampshire.

A related candlestick with slightly graduated knops is illustrated in Christopher Bangs, The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper-Alloy Socket Candlesticks, A.D. 200-1700, (Bethlehem, PA: Oaks Printing Company, Inc., 1995), pp. 68 and 217, no. 23. An example with a related pierced base is illustrated in Ronald F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks from the 13th to 19th Century, (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Barron Publishing, 1978), pp. 51-2, fig. 51.