A rare late 17th century cast brass socket chamberstick, English, circa 1660 - 1700, with maker's mark


The hourglass-shaped handle bearing the mark 'CC' within a rectangle, and fixed to the separate pan by three brass rivets, the slightly waisted socket with moulded upper rim and short stem, the pan with flared rim and slightly stepped exterior, 24.5cm wide x 12.5cm deep x 6.5cm high, (9 1/2in wide x 4 1/2in deep x 2 1/2in high)
|Literature:Compare an example stamped with the same pair of initials in C. Bangs, The Lear Collection (1995), No. 185 and p. 186, where it is noted that a brass standish of exceptional quality bears the same mark. The chamberstick sold Christie's, 15 December 1998, Lot 133.