A WROUGHT IRON TABLE RUSHNIP AND CANDLEHOLDER

A WROUGHT IRON TABLE RUSHNIP AND CANDLEHOLDER

IRISH, 18TH CENTURY

with a spiral twist stem, on a crown of four scroll legs and a ring base, together with an Irish wrought iron wall driven rushnip, with a faceted terminal (2)

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Catalogue Note

See John Caspall, 'Making Fire & Light in the Home pre-1820', pp. 180-181, figs. 380-383 for similar examples.