Engravings & Lighting Vignette, with Details of Each Piece

Back row:
The Four Seasons
Wood Engravings
By Wenceslas Hollar
Circa 1641
Four wood engravings by noted 17th artist t Wenceslas Hollar (1607-1677) each with a young woman dressed and holding props representing a Season. Each engraving also has a verse at the bottom in both Latin and English that pertains to the Season depicted. All in very good condition with some toning and light discoloring in corners. Each bears name of W. Hollar and date of 1641.
Approximately 10-inches x 7-inches.
Price: $5,850
843-30

Front row, left to right:
Gothic Four-Knop High-Skirt Candle Stick
Circa 1480
This stick is 10 3/8-inches in height and was excavated; probably lost soon after it was made based on crispness. Notice the tapering between each discoid; aperture was finished by a competent tradesman. Mint condition except for losses to drip-pan.
Price: $9,750
843-7

Gothic Low-Skirt Base Candle Stick
Exceptional form, crisp turnings
Two Part Construction
Circa 1425
A wonderful and rare example of the earliest Gothic candlesticks of the fifteenth century; two-part construction with the shaft attached to the base by peening and then finish turning. The form is exceptional...crisp turning enrich the design. These early candlesticks are rarely presented for sale on today's market.
The condition is about mint except for small loss to edge of base; fine color and patina; no repairs. Dimensions: 7.25-inches high, 5.25-inch base diameter.
Price: $9,125
843-9

A rare...
Small Pricket Candlestick
North West European
Circa 1250-1400
The slightly oversize pricket is bold and of great shape; drip pan is finished with an integral band and smartly tapers to a collar where transitioning to shaft with central knop below which the shaft to the collar above the domed ring incised base raised on three zoomorphic feet. The stick displays a wonderful patina as depicted. This stick remains in original condition. (Height: 6.25-inches.)
Price: $8,975
843-11

OUTSTANDING and RARE
From a small extant group...an expressive large
English Mid-Drip Trumpet Candlestick
Circa 1650
A robust statement-generous proportion, exquisite form, balance and fluidity
This enormous candlestick being ten-inches in height on a nearly eight-inch base has a wide socket-rim that is angled downward above the slightly flaring upper shaft gently tapering to the pronounced molding...the molding, a ridged-knop; is pleasing to the eye and practical for carrying. The shaft beneath the molding again flaring before spreading into the generous drip-tray. The brass tang remains without compromise. Underneath the slightly upswept drip-tray, the lower shaft gradually and gently sloping to the flaring base on short step. The stick remains in generally excellent condition having only the expected minor evidence of time...the usual dings, nicks and a few short tight fissures within the drip-tray. As depicted, there is a very small bite on the tray edge...all else fine. The underside shows very good color, patina and tool marks.
Dimensions: 10-inches in height; base diameter of 7 7/8-inches
Price: $19,500
843-5

Extremely Rare and Large
Henry the Eighth Candle Stick
Chalice and Paten
English Tudor
16th Century
This stick is a variant of a small group of extant sixteenth century English candlesticks...chalice and paten or Tudor candlesticks. The acorn knop on the shaft is unique; the shaft and base conform to the design traditions of the group. It is important to note that the English Tudor sticks do not have pierced sockets as found on the Continental candlesticks of the same period. The pierced holes on this stick are probably hundreds of years old, however, not original to the sockets. The candlestick was cast in three parts: shaft, shallow dish at the base of the shaft, and base. The shaft extends through the dish into the base and is attached to the base by peening; then finished turned. There are only a few of these extremely sophisticated Tudor candlesticks extant. They are of excellent quality; made of superior brass and highly finished. There are only 25 or 30 larger examples known, all found in England...this fine example is more diminutive than the others which average 10-14-inches. This examples stands at just over 8-inches; base diameter: 5-inches. Excellent original condition, color and patina.
Price: $11,500
843-8

An Elegant French Pillar Candlestick
A large and fine interpretation
16th Century
All elements except the base are cast in one; the beautiful molded socket with pronounced flare is pierced and is above the flat bottomed drip tray with a convex molded rim. The lower shaft exhibits entasis and is raised on a generous concave base with pronounced rim and outward tapering foot. The stick remains in fine original condition including the original lathe-centering pimple and turning lines on the underside. Height: 9.75-inches; diameter of base: 5.5-inches.
Price: $4,250
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If you are interested in buying any of these items, please call (978) 597-8084 or email David Hillier at drh@aaawt.com or Lynn Morin at lfm@aaawt.com

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