A RARE PAIR OF GERMAN BRASS MAKER-STAMPED CANDLE SNUFFERS
A RARE PAIR OF GERMAN BRASS MAKER-STAMPED CANDLE SNUFFERS
BY GEORG TRATZ, NUREMBERG, C.1570
of scissor form, one blade with a pointed tip (for lifting the wick) and a tall tear shaped box decorated with Renaissance strapwork and portrait medallions, the other blade with a conforming shaped plate, stamped with the makers mark of Georg Tratz, the pin hinge with a rosette decorated cover, the handle cast with addorsed balusters
19.5cm long
Catalogue Note
Georg Tratz was made master in 1563.
A RARE PAIR OF GERMAN BRASS MAKER-STAMPED CANDLE SNUFFERS
BY GEORG TRATZ, NUREMBERG, C.1570
of scissor form, one blade with a pointed tip (for lifting the wick) and a tall tear shaped box decorated with Renaissance strapwork and portrait medallions, the other blade with a conforming shaped plate, stamped with the makers mark of Georg Tratz, the pin hinge with a rosette decorated cover, the handle cast with addorsed balusters
19.5cm long
Catalogue Note
Georg Tratz was made master in 1563.
