Ball knopped candlestick
19 Apr 2012 11:00 BST Chester
Pewter
Back to auction 19887
A late 17th century ball knop candlestick, circa 1690
The stem with fillet and plain ball knop, on a square cut-corner base, pattern of milling above the base, height 16.4cm,
Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Literature: Similar example, in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated K. Gordon, The Candlestick Maker's Bawle, No.7, p.35. Another comparable example sold in these rooms The Kenneth Gordon Collection, lot 347, May 2008.

Category: Decorative Arts / Pewter


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