MINIATURE Pair
Wedding-Band
Hog Scraper Candlesticks 

Probably Northeast, ca. early to mid-19th century. Tinned sheet iron and brass.

Scarce in this small size--just 4 3/4 inches tall.

The complex surfaces are a fusion of old black paint, environmental pitting, and light surface oxidization. Fitted with molded brass wedding bands, now darkly patinated. Very well made and in superb structural condition retaining their hanging hooks and working candle-extraction traveler-tabs while resting flat and standing straight on stepped round bases. The candlesticks come with old candle stubs. As fine a pair as one will find.

From a superb Northeast collection. A pair of identical sticks in form and size are shown in the Barry Cohen Collection, David Schorsch, page 89.