Large Renaissance candlestick in solid bronze, 16th century

Large solid bronze candlestick with a barrel topped with a cylindrical binet pierced with a window to evacuate the remains of wax.
It rests on a circular base.
The sobriety of execution is a fine example of the art of brassware during the Renaissance.
We will also notice the rarity of the high dimension of this candlestick.

Dimensions: H. 27 cm x D. 17 cm

France
Beautiful patina
Solid bronze
16th century
formerly mounted as a lamp

Our wink
The word brassware comes from the name of the town of Dinant in Belgium which was, together with Liège, Namur, Huy and the whole of the Meuse valley in the Middle Ages, a flourishing center of copper and brass work. Brassware then referred to the casting of brass, whereas today this word refers to the art of beating metal, mainly copper but also tin, nickel silver, brass and giving it shape with a hammer.