Pair of Candlesticks

Dateca.1740-1760

Maker Edward Durnall

MediumBrass

DimensionsHeight: 7 1/4"; Base: 4 1/16" square; Diameter of bobeche: 1 11/16"

Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage

Object number2020-381,1&2

DescriptionPair of Brass candlesticks of columnar form, each stem cast in two halves and peened onto cast bases. They have cylindrical sockets topped by eight-petalled flanges with large, dome-topped knops below, and smaller ones further down the stem. Each slightly domed base is square with eight petals.
Label TextMarked brass candlesticks are rare, and one of this pair carries the mark of Edward Durnall, a brazier and tin-plate worker based in Birmingham during the last half of the 18th century.
MarkingsThe base of one stick (#2) is struck with an arc-shaped "ED DURNALL," incuse.