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A Rare English Copper Alloy Socket Candlestick.

England 1400-1450

Having a straight-sided candleholder decorated with faint lines beneath its rim and to its middle, the stem centred by a blade knop, raised on a ( circular and slightly dished base with domed centre

This rare early candlestick is part of a group recognised as the earliest form of stable candlestick which can be said to have been manufactured in England in the late 14th and 15th centuries. This example, with its fairly simple decoration and only slightly domed base, is from the first half of that period. Later examples are more highly decorated.

For other examples, see the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, [M.571-1911]; E. Koldeweij, The English Candlestick 1425 - 1925 (2001), p. 39, Figures 1, 2 & 3; J. Caspall, Fire & Light in the Home pre-1820 (2000), p. 77, Figures 127 - 132; C. Bangs, The Lear Collection (1995), Catalogue Numbers 7 - 9 and R. F. Michaelis, Old Domestic Base-Metal Candlesticks (1978), p. 41, Figures 25 - 26.

Other examples sold Christie's, Syd Levethan: The Longridge Collection, 3rd November 2011, Lot 252 (£10,000); Christie's, The Roger Warner Collection - Part I, 20th - 21st January 2009, Lot 132 (£6,875) and Lot 10 (£6,250).

This stick was purchased at auction around 7 years ago and was alleged to be a metal detector find and decribed as being acid cleaned.

4.8" (12cm) High

3.2" (8cm) Diameter base