Bronze spindle candlestick Flanders late 16th century - Lot 27

Bronze spindle candlestick Flanders late 16th century Cast bronze spindle candlestick, Flemish production, dated late 16th century, featuring a slender stem turned into a baluster with successive profiles, surmounted by a circular drip tray and a central spindle designed to hold a candle, resting on a molded stepped base supported by three ball feet, typical of the workshops of the Old Netherlands in the late Renaissance, with surface with old patina, traces of oxidation and casting marks visible under the base attesting to early manufacture. Details: Height: 34 cm (27.5 cm without brooch) - Base diameter: 11.5 cm - Weight: 2.2 kg - Material: cast bronze - Condition: wear from use, old patina, traces of oxidation consistent with age.