Antique Push up brass candlesticks.

Hello everyone.I have pair push up candlesticks.Is this possible to date those candlesticks?18,5cm tall, square base-8,5cm.Thank you.

 

like the push up idea !!!

 

Thank you .Is looks beauty?

 

The push-up things are called stump-ejectors. They're designed to pop out the leftover wax when the candle's burned down. Very useful feature, but you don't often find them in working condition on old candlesticks. They're usually bent, jammed, or broken off.

 

late 19thc

 

Hello.Yes,one is broken,second good and working.Thank you.

 

I was looking similar candlesticks .Perhaps all made in 19th century , but someone has opinion early 19thc,or midle 19thc,your opinion end 19thc...Thank you for looking. I liked color,looks like 14k gold

 

I love the warm glow of old brass, the alloy has a softness and attained a lustre through years of polishing. Yours, with square base, inverted cone or beehive shape and knopped stem date to the 1870-90 period.

Note how they often used to turn some or all of the inside of the base on older examples, a practice which gradually died out, particularly on early 20th C. examples including reproductions.

 

Thank you very much for your opinion.I love them,unfortunately one stump-ejectors is broken .

 

As Shangas said, they are often damaged, but that doesn’t matter very much.

 

Merry Christmas to everyone !!!

 

A - belated - Merry Christmas to all too!