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19th C Gilt Pricket Stick Lamp Base
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
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19th C Gilt Pricket Stick Lamp Base

19th century
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A 19th Century Gilt Pricket Stick Lamp Base.

The circular top on a waisted socle, supported by a tapering column, topped with scrolls to the corners, and rosettes to the fielded sides. The column finished with a stiff leaf vase. The pedestal of conforming triangular shape with gadrooned and beaded detail, the sides sweeping outward, and decorated with hare bells. The whole raised up on scrolled feet.

Re wired and ready for use.

Date circa 1850.

Height 26" 66cm.

Width 9" 23cm.

Depth 9" 23cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
66cm (25.98")
Width
23cm (9.06")
Depth
23cm (9.06")
Declaration

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this Giltwood Pricket Lamp Base to the 1850s.

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SA744874
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A 19th Century Gilt Pricket Stick Lamp Base.
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The circular top on a waisted socle, supported by a tapering column, topped with scrolls to the corners, and rosettes to the fielded sides.
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

The column finished with a stiff leaf vase. The pedestal of conforming triangular shape with gadrooned and beaded detail, the sides sweeping outward, and decorated with hare bells. The whole raised up on scrolled feet.

Re wired and ready for use.

Date circa 1850.

Height 26" 66cm.

Width 9" 23cm.

Depth 9" 23cm.

Height
66cm (25.98")
Width
23cm (9.06")
Depth
23cm (9.06")
Date of Manufacture

Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this Giltwood Pricket Lamp Base to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA744874
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares
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Shrewsbury
Shropshire
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A tall 19th-century carved giltwood pricket candlestick converted into a table lamp base with a brass electrical fitting.
19TH C GILT PRICKET STICK LAMP BASE
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A tall 19th-century carved giltwood pricket candlestick converted into a table lamp base with a brass electrical fitting.
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A pricket candlestick is a traditional lighting fixture featuring a central spike at the top designed to hold a thick wax candle securely in place. Originating in religious and altar settings, many 19th-century examples were subsequently converted into electric table lamp bases.

These bases were carved from softwoods such as pine or lime, coated with layers of gesso plaster, and finished with a reddish clay substrate known as bole. Gold leaf was applied and burnished over the surface, often accompanied by brass electrical components during later conversions.

Authentic 19th-century giltwood items feature water gilding that reveals red or grey bole underneath where natural surface wear has occurred. Look for hand-carved wood grain irregularities, slight gesso craquelure, and original joinery beneath the gilded finish.

Position the lamp base on a dark wood sideboard or console table to create contrast between the reflective gold surface and the background. Pair it with a plain silk or linen shade in a neutral tone to balance the carved classical detailing.

Giltwood and gesso surfaces are sensitive to moisture and chemicals, so cleaning must be restricted to light dusting with a soft, dry camel-hair brush. Avoid water, polish, or liquid cleaners, which can dissolve the water-soluble gesso binding beneath the gold leaf.
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