A rare and fine Charles II brass cluster-stem socket candlestick, circa 1680 The cast square stem

A rare and fine Charles II brass cluster-stem socket candlestick, circa 1680The cast square stem formed as eight conjoined columns, topped with internal scalloped rim, and bound by three ridged bands, the hollow ‘drip-tray’ with downswept upper and lower edges, screwed to a square base with circular depression and similar downswept rim, traces of silvering, height 20cm, base width 12.6cmLiterature:For an identical candlestick see Schiffer, ‘The Brass Book’ (1978), p.180, fig. A (I). And for comparable examples see: C. Bangs, ‘The Lear Collection’ (1995), p. 346-7, pl. 137 & 138 & pp154-5; R. Gentle & R. Feild, ‘Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820’ (1998), pp. 126-7, figs. 20-22 and E. Koldeweij, ‘The English Candlestick 1425-1925’ (2010), p. 82, no.48. See Christie’s, London, The Lear Collection, 1998’, Lot 182 (£6900)