A Renaissance gilt brass candlestick - image-1

Lot 727 Dα

A Renaissance gilt brass candlestick

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.250 € (incl. premium)

A Renaissance gilt brass candlestick

Engraved sheet brass candle holder with seven disc shaped nodes. The moulded candle nozzle with two corrosion holes. Casting flaws/breakages to the nozzle, mottled brown patina. H 23 cm.
Attributed to Northern Netherlands or France, 16th C.

Literature

Cf. Mende, Die mittelalterlichen Bronzen im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg 2013, no. illus. 332, p. 258.
Cf. A similar candlestick on a domed base in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Ob. no. BK-NM-2414).