Medieval Romanesque Figural Candlestick

14TH-15TH CENTURY AD

7" (495 grams, 18cm).

A tall openwork moulded pewter candlestick with three legs, each formed of a knight on horseback with standing figure above, supporting a dish with three raised octofoil flowers inside, tapered square candle spike in centre.

Provenance

Property of a Suffolk collector; found on a building site in Norwich, Norfolk, UK, 1980s.

Literature

See Egan, Geoff, The Medieval Household, Museum of London, 2010, no.365-366, for similar types of simpler form.

CONDITION

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LOT 1756

Medieval Romanesque Figural Candlestick

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,572

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