£8,000
A VERY FINE AND LARGE MID -TO LATE 17TH CENTURY BRASS TRUMPET-BASE CANDLESTICK, ENGLISH CIRCA 1650-80. Having a broad socket flange above a slightly waisted corded upper stem and a drip-pan, the corded lower stem on a broad and spreading circular base, with stepped narrow foot rim, fine decorative incised lines throughout, height 24.3cm, base diameter 21.1cm
Provenance: The Lear Collection. Sold Christie's, London, 15 December 1998. Thence Anne & Frederick Vogel III Collection. Sold Sotheby's, New York, 19 January 2019, Lot 811
Literature: Illustrated C. Bangs, 'The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper-Alloy Socket Candlesticks A.D. 200-1700' (1995), pp. 140, 315, no. 111
** This item is part of the Christopher Bangs collection **.
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