A rare late 17th/early 18th century cast brass socket chamberstick, with porringer-type handle, English, circa 1700


The pan with flared rim and single handle, pierced with a trefoil and other shapes, the cylindrical socket with rim, small circular extraction holes and a short stem, 18cm wide x 13cm deep x 6cm high, (7in wide x 5in deep x 2in high)
|Literature: Compare a similar example, C. Bangs The Lear Collection (1995), No. 182 and p. 184, sold Christie's, 15 December 1998, Lot 139.