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LOT 0310
Medieval Style Openwork Candlestick with Three Figures
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5 7/8 in. (478 grams, 15 cm high).
A bronze pricket candleholder with trumpet-shaped shank and median bulb; triangular openwork stand formed as three outward-facing figures entwined in tendrils and grasping fronds, and between each pair a beaded panel above a lion-mask with swept tendrils extending to the angles; lion's paw foot at each angle.
ProvenanceEx private Dutch collection.
English private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11658-199756.
Cf. Michaelis, R.F., Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks From the 13th-19th Century, Antique Collector's Club, England, 1978, pp.38-40, for a socketted candlestick with a very similar base.
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LOT 0310
Medieval Style Openwork Candlestick with Three Figures
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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