31/2008-2

Collection

Metalwork

Brief description

Brass Heemskirk candlestick, with a circular base, circular central drip tray and turnings in the stem, made in the Netherlands c.1570-1615.

Object name

candlestick
Heemskirk candlestick

Object number

31/2008-2

Location

On Display

Production date

c.1570-1615 (manufactured)

Production place

Netherlands (manufactured)

Period

Tudor (1485-1603)
Stuart (1603-1714)

Material

brass

Technique

cast
turned
soldered

Physical description

Brass Heemskirk candlestick with a circular base and circular central drip tray of roughly the same diameter as the base. The drip tray is situated halfway up the stem and features turnings both above and below the drip tray. There is a step within the drip tray, and a crack running round the underside of the drip tray. There is evidence of repair: there is solder on the drip tray, a minor repair in the middle, and the candlestick has been re-peened (inserting the stem into the base and hammering under the base to join the base and stem together). There is an ejection hole on the socket.
This candlestick is not a pair with 31/2008-1, but is of similar form.

Dimensions

Height: 20.5cm
Diameter: 10cm

Website keywords

candle and rush lighting

Label

Label text for the exhibition At Home with the World, Geffrye Museum (20 March 2012- 9 September 2012):

Candlesticks
These candlesticks were made in the Netherlands and are a shape which was popular throughout the seventeenth century. Portable and robust brass objects like these were imported to London in large quantities and were widely used in the homes of the wealthy as well as the middling sort.
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