Candlestick with profiled foot and stem, carried by three lions, The object is composed of the following parts: the foot and the stem, which are cast in one piece, the fat trap, the candle pin and the three feet. The trunk is hollow on the inside, up to the top node. The profiled conical foot merges with the round profiled trunk with two knots. The round fat trap connects to this, with the large candle pin on top. The deepened fat trap has a flat horizontal edge, which changes into a narrow raised edge with six tilting. Foot, trunk, fat trap and pin are decorated with fine grooved rings. In the foot and in the fat trap, six decorations are each made of a five-hole perforation. The candlestick has three reinforcements at the bottom of the inside, to which the three sitting lions are attached, which serve as pedestals. These are not originally and later renewed., anonymous, Northern Netherlands (possibly), c. 1400 - c. 1450, brass (alloy), soldering, h 38 cm × d 12.7 cm
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