Dark patina bronze candlestick in the shape of a stag; belly pierced for the passage of the stem of the spade (missing).
Southern Netherlands, early 13th century
Height: 8,5 cm - Length: 7,3 cm
On a plexiglass base
This type of zoomorphic candlestick is quite rare. There are three examples in the collection of the Boymans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, two of which have also lost their spikes.
Book consulted:
Decorative art Middle Ages and Renaissance, Museum Boysman-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1994, p 88 and 89.
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