Two similar pricket-candlesticks, in the Medieval German taste
£336
Auction: 26 September 2007 at 11:00 BST
Description
one cast in giltmetal in the form of an eagle with outstretched wings and naturalistic feathers, holding a tubular burner in its beak and surmounted by a silvered spike with ring handle, on talon feet, 11cm wide, 25.5cm high, 8cm deep; the companion in the form of a silvered bronze cockerel, with ornate tail feathers and spike with cusped wax pan, on talon feet, 5cm wide, 20cm high, 11cm deep (2)