“HARRISON ... PATENT” Pair of Brass Candle Sticks (signed)

“HARRISON ... PATENT” Pair of Brass Telescopic Candle Sticks (signed)

Maker :
William Harrison I, “brass candlestick maker, cock and bell founder, 68 Park Street, Birmingham”
by 1818, advertising as
“William Harrison & Son, manufacturers of brass and Prince's metal candlesticks, brass cocks, house, clock, and tea bells, brass weights, shovels, tongs &c and the much approved patent candlesticks”
(The Harrison Family of brass candlestick makers in Birmingham was founded by William's father James Harrison, apprenticed 1770, independent 1773 and partnered with William until his death in 1796) *

Circa : 1800-1818, Birmingham, England
Height : 7-1/4” (185 mm)

octagonal bases, each 4” x 3-1/2”
# 01816 ....................................................SOLD

Source : Butler, Roderick & Valentine, et al. A STUDY COLLECTION OF MARKED DOMESTIC BRASS AND OTHER BASE METALWARE C.1600-C.1900, Marwood House, Devon, 2001