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Lot 1242

Two Antique Brass Push-Up Candleholders

Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Mid-19th century, the taller possibly French, featuring a concave nozzle and waisted sconce, the stem waist with beaded trim beneath the ejector tab, threaded to a bell form base (8 x 4 x 4 in.); the second in chamberstick form, likely English, featuring a waisted sconce, push-up ejector tab, shaped thumb rest riveted to a wide drip terrace (5 x 8 x 7 in.).

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Some scattered small dents and oxidation commensurate with age.