RARE 17TH - 18TH C WOOD CANDLESTICK CANDLE HOLDER (07/19/2009)

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RARE 17TH - 18TH C WOOD CANDLESTICK CANDLE HOLDER

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Sold Date: 07/19/2009
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

ONE OF THE VERY BEST EARLY AMERICAN WOODEN CANDLESTICKS FROM THE LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY, New England, Circa 1680-1720 in MAPLE retaining its original SPANISH BROWN PAINTED surface and great patina.

17th Century Wooden Candlesticks are extremely rare, very few have survived over the years.

Wonderful hand HEWN base in Maple with a nice blind pegged shaft. The shaft, also in maple is one piece of wood, DRAWN SHAVED AND TAPERED AT THE BOTTOM. The condition is PERFECT, t are no repairs or restorations. The candle cup has the usual darkened area from the candles but it is all intact.

The surface is great, a wonderful deep ORIGINAL DARK OXIDIZED SPANISH BROWN PAINT WITH GREAT patina.

AMERICAN WOODEN candleholders like this rarely come onto the market. You will not see many of this period and in this condition. It would make an ideal center piece light on an early dining table.

For similar examples see, "Furniture Treasury", by Wallace Nutting, and "The Rushlight", by the Rushlight Association. This is a very important piece of Early American lighting.

This great candleholder is 17" tall, the wood base is just over 12" wide and about 6" tall.

An extremely rare piece of American Lighting.

From an old Connecticut collection of wrought iron and lighting that was assembled over 30 years ago. This great piece of lighting has not been on the market for over 30 years.

Typical wear and imperfections with age as described above.

Low starting Price and No reserve.

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