Candlestick (one of a pair)
England
1800-1840
Measurements
7 in x 3-3/4 in x 3-3/4 in
Materials
Brass
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp
Accession Number
1959.3779
Condition Notes
The candlestick shafts are dented, especially above the stop-fluting. The pair has been electrified, and two wire holes were drilled into one side of the base on each stick.
Provenance
Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp
Comments
The pair of candlesticks takes the form of a classical column on a square, coved pedestal base with courses of beads near the top and bottom. The columnar shaft has stop-fluting in the lower half. A wide bobeche at the top catches candle drippings.
The design of this pair of candlesticks follows one in a group of 24 engraved pages forming an anonymous English brass-founder's catalogue or pattern book of candlesticks. No identification accompanies the plates, but several have 1797 watermarks dating the paper. The plates were published privately as Brass Candlesticks by English brass dealer Rupert Gentle in 1973. A detail from plate 7 is attached.
