Untouched 17th Century French Brass Massive Knop Socket Candlestick Circa 1660
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Untouched 17thcentury French brass massively facet-knopped socket candlestick, circa 1660
Text, formatting & images © 2019 – R. JosefBurdett-Williamson – all rights reserved.Breveté, 2019, par M. R. Josef Burdett-Williamson. ATTENTION – défense de reproduction ! Please readall my terms of sale carefully!Elly Burdett
This is in France.Pieces in group photos are for scale or comparison.You are only bidding on the featuredcandlestick.Free collection by appt. is p...ossible:my collections & some of Elly’s many new arrivals can be viewed. Please note: For those not familiar with my eBay store, you are dealing with 2different people in England & France. I’m an antiques dealer, & exhibitat UK antiques shows.
My associate in France is an expat American historian ofEuropean Decorative Arts & museum curator, with 45 years of advancedexperience. Sincerely, ETBurdett Elly is the antiques dealer – I haven’t been, for more than 25 years – I’m an historian of Decorative Arts (mostly European), and equallyfascinated by both formal & “country” pieces. As an expatriateAmerican historian, collector, and guest curator, I can safely state that thereare VERY major advantages to actually living in France for 25+ years – not onlyin terms attending antiques shows & museums, and establishing an extensivenetwork of contacts with curators, collectors and dealers, but also as tohands-on experience with Continental antiques. I have handled literallythousands of pieces of period lighting and other base-metal objects (all of which I collect), andamassed an excellent reference library on early Continental lighting& metalwork. Every few weeks, somethingI’ve never seen before pops up – like this incredibly rare, “missing link” candlestickwith a massive single faceted baluster knop (1 & 3/4" wide).The Lear Collection: A study ofcopper-alloy socket candlesticks (1995), by Christopher Bangshas a chapter on Bangs referred to as “Candlesticks with Pronounced Knops”, pages 147 to 150, and 328 to 337. Given the superficial nature of The Lear Collection, and virtually allother books based on what I consider to be “trophy” collections, I find it ofvery limited use. I have at least another100 reference books in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, (and of courseEnglish) that address both base-metal objects of domestic life and lighting atlength – and literally all contain errors (the most reliable are in French orGerman).Massive ball or acorn baluster knopscharacterize French candlesticks of the 1620 to 1660 period, and a number areillustrated in The LearCollection – albeit that the selection is verylimited, and does not begin to do justice to the remarkable range of thesehandsome candlesticks in France. None with a large faceted knop are illustrated– and this is the first I’ve come across – which makes it an important step inthe evolution of the Louis 14th period candlestick. Thisextremely rare and robust example of a transitional copper alloycandlestick came from the South of France, which doesn’t help much, as to anyregional attribution. The foot is more closely aligned with the early to mid-17thcentury, as is the large and deep round socket, but the shaft is verymuch transitional: it is not seamed(as with most pre-1710 candlesticks), and no casting pins are visible. Thepeaning under the foot is like the rest of the piece – completely untouched.The surface has been slightly overly cleaned, and might benefit fromhand-polishing with 5-0 steel wool, then left to tone down for a couple of years.Three of the eight sides under the foot have small equidistant marks that arevery likely traces of a "chuck" mark - of the ‘stick having been both cast, and then turned, whichis a technical aspect I’ve seen before (but not often!).We are independently listed with theNew England AppraisersAssociation, for France orthe UK.Condition: as-seen & described, but truly flawlessand untouched, with far less than the normal amount of wear one expects on 17thcentury metalwork. Note: Photos are high resolution – usemagnification for viewing details. Please ask, if you wish more.© R. Josef Williamson Certified expert & appraiser, New England Appraisers Association.FoundingTrustee, NewBedford Museum of Glass.Height –8 & 1/2” (21.6 cm.): foot width– 4 & 1/2” (11.4 cm.). Weight– 480 grams, not including packaging.Insuredmailing within France is 10 Euros; to the UK & EU is 16Euros – to North America is28 Euros.We don't charge for packing & handling, & always offer grouped rate posting, with no time limits.We ship from both France & the UK– please read listings carefully – rates& conditions are substantially different.This is not a"decorator" shop - eBay’s Consumer Goods-generated “Hassle-freereturns” policy does not apply to arbitrary whim, or unqualifiedopinion! Returns areaccepted - if: there is amajor problem with the age, condition or origin of a piece as described;and this is confirmed by aqualified expert with professionalcredentials. Photographs of anyalleged damage are required - they are mandatory for insurance claims.International buyers – please inquire, as to mailing costs!Payments:PayPal, French or UK checks, or bank drafts, & all banktransfers accepted. I amobliged to accept PayPal, but prefer bank transfers, or UK or French checks -PayPal takes a 4% bite out of all transactions - including shipping costs.Dear buyers – apologies for the intrusive copyrightlines, but they are there because R. Josef is an extensively published expertwith ongoing academic & commercial commissions, including forthcomingbooks. Listings often contain original research & information that has notappeared before; several British & Continental eBay sellers have beenreported for plagiarizing formatting & texts. We fiercely protectour Intellectual Property rights – and in court, when necessary.
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Text, formatting & images © 2019 – R. JosefBurdett-Williamson – all rights reserved.Breveté, 2019, par M. R. Josef Burdett-Williamson. ATTENTION – défense de reproduction ! Please readall my terms of sale carefully!Elly Burdett
This is in France.Pieces in group photos are for scale or comparison.You are only bidding on the featuredcandlestick.Free collection by appt. is p...ossible:my collections & some of Elly’s many new arrivals can be viewed. Please note: For those not familiar with my eBay store, you are dealing with 2different people in England & France. I’m an antiques dealer, & exhibitat UK antiques shows.
My associate in France is an expat American historian ofEuropean Decorative Arts & museum curator, with 45 years of advancedexperience. Sincerely, ETBurdett Elly is the antiques dealer – I haven’t been, for more than 25 years – I’m an historian of Decorative Arts (mostly European), and equallyfascinated by both formal & “country” pieces. As an expatriateAmerican historian, collector, and guest curator, I can safely state that thereare VERY major advantages to actually living in France for 25+ years – not onlyin terms attending antiques shows & museums, and establishing an extensivenetwork of contacts with curators, collectors and dealers, but also as tohands-on experience with Continental antiques. I have handled literallythousands of pieces of period lighting and other base-metal objects (all of which I collect), andamassed an excellent reference library on early Continental lighting& metalwork. Every few weeks, somethingI’ve never seen before pops up – like this incredibly rare, “missing link” candlestickwith a massive single faceted baluster knop (1 & 3/4" wide).The Lear Collection: A study ofcopper-alloy socket candlesticks (1995), by Christopher Bangshas a chapter on Bangs referred to as “Candlesticks with Pronounced Knops”, pages 147 to 150, and 328 to 337. Given the superficial nature of The Lear Collection, and virtually allother books based on what I consider to be “trophy” collections, I find it ofvery limited use. I have at least another100 reference books in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, (and of courseEnglish) that address both base-metal objects of domestic life and lighting atlength – and literally all contain errors (the most reliable are in French orGerman).Massive ball or acorn baluster knopscharacterize French candlesticks of the 1620 to 1660 period, and a number areillustrated in The LearCollection – albeit that the selection is verylimited, and does not begin to do justice to the remarkable range of thesehandsome candlesticks in France. None with a large faceted knop are illustrated– and this is the first I’ve come across – which makes it an important step inthe evolution of the Louis 14th period candlestick. Thisextremely rare and robust example of a transitional copper alloycandlestick came from the South of France, which doesn’t help much, as to anyregional attribution. The foot is more closely aligned with the early to mid-17thcentury, as is the large and deep round socket, but the shaft is verymuch transitional: it is not seamed(as with most pre-1710 candlesticks), and no casting pins are visible. Thepeaning under the foot is like the rest of the piece – completely untouched.The surface has been slightly overly cleaned, and might benefit fromhand-polishing with 5-0 steel wool, then left to tone down for a couple of years.Three of the eight sides under the foot have small equidistant marks that arevery likely traces of a "chuck" mark - of the ‘stick having been both cast, and then turned, whichis a technical aspect I’ve seen before (but not often!).We are independently listed with theNew England AppraisersAssociation, for France orthe UK.Condition: as-seen & described, but truly flawlessand untouched, with far less than the normal amount of wear one expects on 17thcentury metalwork. Note: Photos are high resolution – usemagnification for viewing details. Please ask, if you wish more.© R. Josef Williamson Certified expert & appraiser, New England Appraisers Association.FoundingTrustee, NewBedford Museum of Glass.Height –8 & 1/2” (21.6 cm.): foot width– 4 & 1/2” (11.4 cm.). Weight– 480 grams, not including packaging.Insuredmailing within France is 10 Euros; to the UK & EU is 16Euros – to North America is28 Euros.We don't charge for packing & handling, & always offer grouped rate posting, with no time limits.We ship from both France & the UK– please read listings carefully – rates& conditions are substantially different.This is not a"decorator" shop - eBay’s Consumer Goods-generated “Hassle-freereturns” policy does not apply to arbitrary whim, or unqualifiedopinion! Returns areaccepted - if: there is amajor problem with the age, condition or origin of a piece as described;and this is confirmed by aqualified expert with professionalcredentials. Photographs of anyalleged damage are required - they are mandatory for insurance claims.International buyers – please inquire, as to mailing costs!Payments:PayPal, French or UK checks, or bank drafts, & all banktransfers accepted. I amobliged to accept PayPal, but prefer bank transfers, or UK or French checks -PayPal takes a 4% bite out of all transactions - including shipping costs.Dear buyers – apologies for the intrusive copyrightlines, but they are there because R. Josef is an extensively published expertwith ongoing academic & commercial commissions, including forthcomingbooks. Listings often contain original research & information that has notappeared before; several British & Continental eBay sellers have beenreported for plagiarizing formatting & texts. We fiercely protectour Intellectual Property rights – and in court, when necessary.
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