15th Century Dutch Pricket Candlestick, Robust & Successful Castellated Form

Small pricket candlestick with an iron pricket, otherwise brass; crenelated upper aspect of the drip pan, which is pierced with a series of three small, clustered apertures. This above a short shaft with a flattened disc that transitions into a complex high base that steps out as it descends. The base features a large, flattened disc above a vertical segment with clusters of three small, round piercings, as seen on the lower aspect of the drip pan... then flares to a solid foot.

Date: 15th Century

Measurement: Height: 5.5"; Height at Pricket: 7.75"; Base Diameter: 3"

Material: Copper alloy, iron pricket

Condition: Excellent original condition

Literature: See Koper und Brons, (Rijksmuseum Collection), pp. 89 - 90, figures 115 to117 for related yet less successful examples.

$5,150

SKU: 843-342

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