31/2008-1

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

31/2008-1

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
sealed
filed

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. The candlestick has not been re-peened (inserting the stem into the base and hammering under the base to join the base and stem together) and has its 'old surface'. There is an ejection hole on the socket.
This candlestick is not a pair with 31/2008-2, but is of similar form, and features a dealer's label with a description and price stuck with sellotape to the underneath of the base.

Dimensions

Height: 21.7cm
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.