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Pair of 17th-18th Century Silver Giltwood Altar Prickets
Located in New Orleans, LA
Gorgeous pair of 17th -18th century Spanish silver giltwood Alter Prickets. A beautiful silvered
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

17th Century French Grand Scale Hand Carved Giltwood Prickets
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This exceptional pair of grand scale seventeenth century hand carved gilt wood prickets features
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17th Century French Antique Candle Prickets

Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Gold Leaf Prickets Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
, and gilt floral candlesticks. The prickets have a central spike to hold candles, and are decorated
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Giltwood

Quality Pair of Unusual Antique Victorian Ornate Brass Pricket Candlestick
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of unusual antique Victorian ornate brass pricket candlestick having a quality unusual
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Candle Prickets

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Brass

Fine Pair of 18th Century French Carved Giltwood Pricket Sticks
Located in Doylestown, PA
These beautiful pricket sticks are in all-original condition, with lovely gilding and carving to
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Early 18th Century Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

A Pair of Italian Carved Giltwood Pricket Sticks, 19th Century
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a stately pair of Italian carved giltwood pricket sticks, circa late 19th century.
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Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of Early 19th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Altar Prickets
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely pair of 19th century Italian carved giltwood altar prickets. Very fine carvings make these
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19th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Giltwood

18th Century Italian Silver Gilt Prickets or Altar Sticks
Located in Houston, TX
Set of three antique Italian Baroque style silver gilt candlesticks from the 18th century. Each 18th century Italian silver leaf candlestick or altar stick is slightly different as t...
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Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Silver Leaf

Grand Antique 18th Century French Alter Candlesticks or Candelabra Prickets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grand 18th century painted Alter candlesticks/wood prickets. Beautiful patina in various colors and
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Mid-18th Century Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Antique French Gothic Revival Cathedral Spire Candlestick Pricket Carved Oak
Located in Shreveport, LA
TALL Antique French Gothic Revival Cathedral Spire Candlestick Pricket Carved Oak. Direct from
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Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Candle Prickets

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Oak

Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilt Wood Polychrome Figural Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th century Italian giltwood candle bearing Angel pricket candlesticks. Each candlestick features
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18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood, Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XV Bronze Repousse Pricket, Candlestick, Pic-Cierge
Located in Fayetteville, AR
catch dripping candle wax. This pricket, or pic-cierge in French, also features cartouches with small
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Candle Prickets

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Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Hollow Cast Bronze Austrian Pricket Candlesticks
Located in Hudson, NY
This pair of large and impressive pricket candlesticks was made in the Baroque style, circa 1850
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Baroque Revival Antique Candle Prickets

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Bronze

18th Century, Pair of Italian Grand Scale Gold Gilded Pricket Sticks
Located in Marbella, ES
iron prickets. Classical period plant motifs ornamental decorations. In the lower part we find the "JHS
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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Pair of Italian Grand Scale Gold Gilded Pricket Sticks
Located in Marbella, ES
iron prickets. Classical period plant motifs ornamental decorations. In the lower part we find the "JHS
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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Pair of Spanish Hand Carved Painted Wooden Pricket Sticks
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century pair of Spanish painted wooden pricket sticks, hand carved by artisans with cherubs
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of Large Pricket Candleholders of Olivewood from Italy, circa 1800
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome pair of large Italian pricket candleholders or candlesticks of turned olive wood, circa
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Olive, Wood

Pair of Antique Italian Neoclassical Carved Gilt Wood Gold Candlestick Prickets
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of vintage Italian neoclassical style carved gold giltwood candlestick Prickets. Item features
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of 19th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Prickets Altar Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
Add elegance to your home with this important pair of antique gilt candlesticks. Carved in Italy, circa 1850, each tall candleholder stands on small feet over a sturdy triangle base ...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Giltwood

Very Tall 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Pricket Candlestick
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This impressively tall 19th century French Louis XVI style giltwood pricket or candlestick stands
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Candle Prickets

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Giltwood

Pair of Mid-19th Century Italian Carved Silver Leaf Candlesticks Prickets
Located in Dallas, TX
Italy circa 1850, each candle holder stands on a sturdy triangle base with hand carved acanthus leaves
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Mid-19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Candle Prickets

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Silver Leaf

Pair of 18th Century Italian Giltwood Altar Sticks or Prickets from Lucca
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 18th century Italian giltwood Altar sticks or Prickets from Lucca. Pair of 18th century
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Iron

Pair of 19th Century Carved Pricket Candleholders and Carved Eye of Providence
Located in Dallas, TX
acanthus leaves and a wood pricket at the top to hold a candle in place. The dramatic, embellished candle
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique Candle Prickets

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Walnut

Large Pair of Italian Late 18th Century, Partial-Gilt and Painted Prickets
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Fantastic pair of late 18th century, Italian prickets. Large size. Partial paint and gilt. Very
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Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

Pair of Wrought Iron Floor Standing Prickets from Umbria, 16th Century
Located in London, GB
Originally from a Castello in rural Umbria, Italy. These are the real thing - heavy hand cast wrought iron from the 16th century. Increasingly difficult to find, these pieces exu...
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16th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Wrought Iron

Pair of 19th Century French Hand-Carved Oak Prickets, Pic Cierges, Candlesticks
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of tall 19th century hand-carved oak prickets or candlesticks were once painted in
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19th Century French Antique Candle Prickets

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Oak

Pair of 18th Century Italian Hand-Forged Iron Prickets Mounted on Painted Wood
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of 18th century, Italian prickets. This pair of antique Italian prickets of hand-forged iron
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18th Century French Rustic Antique Candle Prickets

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Metal, Iron

Pair of French Baroque Style Bronze Pricket Sticks Now Mounted as Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each robust stick with deep cup above a double-baluster support; raised on a tripartite base with spheroid feet; height 18" (top of candlestick), 29.5" (top of shade).
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Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Bronze

Antique Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Corinthian Column Candle Stand Pair
Located in Forney, TX
leaf ornamentation, surmounted with shaped pedestal top with circular undulating metal candle holder
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Candle Prickets

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Metal

Large Polychrome and Giltwood Torchère / Floor Candle Holder, 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
likely designed to hold a large candle, making this piece a pricket candlestick, originally used for
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19th Century French Antique Candle Prickets

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Giltwood, Paint

Pair Large Pricket Candle Sconses
Located in Hudson, NY
A large and dramatic pair of italian wroght iron sconse for candles. The overal design in a rocco
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19th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Iron

Pair Antique Wooden Candlestands
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Beautiful pair of antique painted wooden pricket candle stands with acanthus leaf decoration.
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19th Century Belgian Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of Tall Brass Candlesticks
Located in Troy, NY
Tall and unusual pair of pricket candle sticks embellished by a coat of arms, dated 1794.
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Neoclassical Antique Candle Prickets

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Brass

Pair of Forged 18th Century Fleur De Lys Candelabras
Located in Dallas, TX
cups have prickets for wax candles and there are three serpentine shaped legs on arrowhead feet.
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Candle Prickets

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Iron

Pair of 17th Century Italian Giltwood Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
platform with a central pricket for the candle. Parcel silver leaf candlesticks of this age are rare and
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood, Giltwood

Set of Five 18th Century Italian Candlesticks
Located in Charleston, SC
candle is fixed. Instead of fixing the candle on the pricket, it is permissible to use a tube in which is
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Metal

Pair Chinese Elephant Form Cloisonne Prickets Candle Holders
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Antique (late 19th century) Chinese candle holders (prickets) in the form of processional
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Candle Prickets

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Metal

Large 18th Century Italian Baroque Candlestick
Located in Hastings, GB
green and red, dating to the mid 18th century. The pricket gilt candle plate can hold a candle up to
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1760s Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Gesso, Wood

Italian 17th Century Altar Stick
Located in Round Top, TX
A very handsome 17th century Altar Pricket - candle stick - from Florence, Italy. Beautifully
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17th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of Japanese black lacquered altar sticks, c. 1800 s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
base, lacquered wood rod with engraved brass fittings, and a melon carved candle cup with brass pricket
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19th Century Japanese Antique Candle Prickets

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Brass

Rare Pair of Meiji Period Lacquer Temple Candlesticks
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
crowned by a gilt bracket and pricket for the candle, with an incised gilt metal collar and decorated with
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Candle Prickets

Pair of Mid 19th Century Italian Carved and Painted Parrot Candlestick Stands
Located in Dallas, TX
tones that enhance their sculptural charm. Each figure rests on a flowerhead-form candle platform with
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Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of Antique Giltwood Candlesticks from Florence, Italy, circa 1700
Located in Dallas, TX
pricket to hold candles. Since these were primarily intended for use in churches or private chapels
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Early 1700s Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood, Giltwood

18th Century Venetian Baroque Polychrome Carved Altar Candlestick
Located in Forney, TX
single one-light candle holder cup pricket, circular wax guard, rising on a tripartite base with an
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood, Paint

Large Dutch Solid Brass Church Pricket or Candle Holder, circa 1800
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Standing at an impressive 43.25 inches in height, this large Dutch solid cast brass pricket or
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Early 1800s Dutch Antique Candle Prickets

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Brass

19th Century Italian Carved-Wood Urn Candlestick
Located in London, GB
original toleware candle pricket still in place, with arched cut-out along each side. With a lovely, aged
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1840s Italian Renaissance Antique Candle Prickets

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Pine

Pair of Wonderful 18th Ct Italian Figural Prickets or Candlesticks
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Proper pair of 18th century Italian prickets or candle sticks. Carved wood with old original paint
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of Late 18th Century Italian Candle Sconces
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Fabulous pair of late 18th Century Italian silver gilt pricket candle sconces.
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18th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Silver

Pair of Italian Marble Column Lamps
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Italian carrara marble, these candlesticks would have had a bronze pricket at the top to hold a candle
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Marble, Brass

Uber Dramatic Continental Serpent Fragments
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French or Italian polychrome architectural fragments, pricket tops for candles, original patina in
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19th Century Unknown Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of Antique Hand Forged Iron Fleur de Lys Sconces from France
Located in Dallas, TX
having prickets for the candles. These antique French iron sconces will bring light to any wall upon
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Early 20th Century French Antique Candle Prickets

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Iron

Pair of 17th Century Italian Giltwood Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
platform with a central pricket for the candle. Parcel silver leaf candlesticks of this age are rare and
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

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Wood

Pair of 19th century Italian Gold Gilt Candlesticks
Located in Charleston, SC
wax, and the pricket, i.e. the sharp point that terminates the stem on which the candle is fixed
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19th Century Italian Antique Candle Prickets

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Metal, Gold

Italian Baroque Wrought Iron and Bronze Eight-Light Chandelier, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
having bronze drip pans, before wiring the chandelier was used for candles and it retains its prickets
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Candle Prickets

Ming Dynasty Temple Bronze Candle Pricket, 16th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Ming period temple bronze candle pricket, circa 16th Century. Whimsical dragon food dogs holding a
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17th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Candle Prickets

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Bronze

Pair of Copper Candle Pricket Lamps, French 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual pair of ornate repousse copper candle prickets now converted into table lamps. Recently
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Early 19th Century French Antique Candle Prickets

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Copper

Pair of Brass Candle Prickets, Dutch 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A magnificent pair of early hand spun brass pricket candleholders with turned baluster shape centre
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Candle Prickets

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Brass

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Antique Candle Prickets For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique candle prickets available for sale. The range of distinct antique candle prickets — often made from wood, metal and bronze — can elevate any home. Antique candle prickets have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique candle prickets bearing Neoclassical hallmark is very popular at 1stDibs.

How Much are Antique Candle Prickets?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,628, while they’re typically $895 on the low end and $5,900 highest priced.

Finding the Right Candle-holders for You

For centuries, candles have been used in religious ceremonies such as Hanukkah, provided light to work or read by and more. During meals, the soft glimmer of candles adds warmth to a dinner table that no lighting solution could possibly imitate. With the right antique or vintage candleholder, candles can elevate a table setting or just help support your efforts to create a romantic atmosphere in any room.

When you combine the distinctive glow of a candle with a candleholder that matches the color scheme and decor you’ve painstakingly put together, the result can feel like magic. Finding the candleholder that best meets your needs can be daunting because you’re essentially bringing a piece into your home that is as important as the candle itself. Unsurprisingly, venturesome designers over the years have crafted innumerable alternatives to the traditional form of candleholders, and today a broad array of these decorative objects can be found on 1stDibs, whether they’re 19th-century candleholders made of silver or sleek mid-century modern glass candleholders for an understated accent to your dining area.

Try a tabletop orb candleholder from Lynne Meade Ceramics for a distinctive interpretation of this long-loved furnishing. An alluring pair of Georg Jensen stainless-steel candleholders, featuring pronounced organic curves, or Art Nouveau–informed natural-world motifs, on the other hand, can bring a dose of sculptural elegance to your living room.

If you’re more inclined to opt for antique or vintage pieces, find a collection that includes everything from simple wood taper candleholders to elaborate candelabras of gilt bronze or cut glass on 1stDibs now.

Questions About Antique Candle Prickets
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021
    A pricket candle is a sharply pointed candlestick used as a candle stand. On its sharp metal point, a candle is stuck to hold it in place. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of pricket candle options to choose from.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    To tell if a candle holder is solid antique brass, you can try placing a magnet on it. Brass is not magnetic, so if there is any attraction, the piece is unlikely to be solid brass. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of candle holders.