Rare Pair of Toleware Candlesticks c.1820

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Rare Pair of Toleware Candlesticks c.1820A rare pair of early black Toleware candlesticks c. 1820. Most likely made for use on board a ship, hence the wide conical weighted bases to help keep stability at Sea. The cylindrical stems have flanged sockets with brass buttoned candle slides to raise and retract the candle. Perfect for any Christmas table or candle lit reading.

The tabernacle would have been made for private devotion

It became a highlight piece of a number of collections including King Charles I of England

suggests that this statue was commissioned by a Florentine confraternity or guild associated with the Palio di San Giovanni Battista

face and eye sockets are drawn

being halfway between the realms of the human and the divine

A deeply moving

evoking a sense of quiet intimacy and serenity

as well as large areas of bright yellow colour

Pair of Victorian French Cast Iron Urns on plinths

Realised in the first quarter of the 20th century

and were made in the anatomical shape of the afflicted body part

1500 with unusual halo and intricate folded drapery