Live Auction 2875European Noble and Private Collections
A GILT-COPPER AND ENAMEL PRICKET CANDLESTICK
Lot 718

A GILT-COPPER AND ENAMEL PRICKET CANDLESTICK

LIMOGES, 13TH CENTURY, THE SCALED SHAFT POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED

Closed14 December 2011

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EUR 22,500

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A GILT-COPPER AND ENAMEL PRICKET CANDLESTICK
LIMOGES, 13TH CENTURY, THE SCALED SHAFT POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
The turreted tapering drip-pan with a foliate meander frieze above a scaly shaft centred by a bulbous knop decorated with S-scroll motifs, on a tripartite base decorated with floral roundels the legs engraved stylised lion masks
21.5 cm. high

Specialist note

A comparable candlestick can be found in the British Museum, reg. no. 1851,0412.2.
For other examples of Limoges pricket candlesticks, see M-M Gauthier, Catalogue international de l'Oeuvre de Limoges, Paris 1987, Vol I, cat. nos 180, 181 and 182.