Bronze Candlestick - Gothic Candlestick - Circa 1550 - Europe - Haute époque

Mid-16th century – Haute Époque Northwestern Europe Bronze candlestick, composed of a circular base with three short legs, a shaft punctuated by superimposed moldings and a large openwork cup, topped with a conical peak intended to receive the candle. The metal, a bronze rich in copper, has a deep brown patina with golden and greenish reflections, acquired over the centuries and characteristic of ancient alloys. The compact and stable shape is in line with the productions of Northern France, Flanders or the Holy Roman Empire in the mid-16th century. This model, still nourished by the late Gothic vocabulary, preserves the symbolic monumentality of liturgical candlesticks while adopting the first geometric balances of the Renaissance. The date "1550", hand-engraved on the base, corresponds to the period of diffusion of this type of object and is found on several similar examples. This pricket candlestick can be compared to the models preserved and documented in the following collections and sales: – Antique Associates at West Townsend, “Gothic Pricket Candlestick, Crenellated Drip Pan, Lion-form Feet”, attributed to Northwestern Europe, probably Germanic or Flemish. – Waddington's Auctioneers, “Turned Bronze Pricket Candlestick, circa 1550”, presented in The Tudor Sale: Part II – Including Period Decorations, Pewter and Furniture from the Harry Makepeace Collection (Toronto, 2022). With its stepped structure, its pierced cup and the sobriety of its volumes, this piece illustrates the continuity of a metal art at the crossroads of the Gothic and the Renaissance, as it developed in the workshops of Northern Europe towards the middle of the 16th century. Condition: beautiful old patina, fine oxidation, slight wear from use. Dimensions: height 21.5 cm Delivery provided exclusively by DHL Express.