Antique Candle Prickets

Each pricket features a finely decorated column resting on a trilobed base adorned with Gothic tracery and stylized cross motifs.

Standing on lion's paws feet, this pricket can hold a candle with a diameter of up to six inches. c. 1890.

At the centre of each pan stands the tall, slender pricket spike, tapering to a sharp point, which was used to secure a large, thick candle.

A large and striking pair of Italian baroque style giltwood tripod pricket sticks; each tall stick with graduated shaft adorned with foliate carving raised on a splayed tripod base w...

Condition: Minor traces of rubbing to the gilding. The candle pricks appear to have been restored at an earlier date.

The slender, tapering stems are beautifully hand-carved with acanthus leaf decoration, rising to a circular drip pan fitted with an iron pricket to secure a candle. The proportions a...

Pair of giltwood and iron pricket candelabras, Italy, 18th Century. a floral spray centering five prickets to scrolled arms inset to a two-handled urn.

A stunning pair of hand carved silver giltwood antique Baroque 19th-Century Italian tripod form base pricket candlesticks. These gorgeous candlesticks are of nice large size, silver ...

Pair of 19th century tall brass Italian pricket sticks.

Antique Italian gilt wood pricket floor or Altar candlestick. Measures 10" in width and stands 26" tall.

A pricket is a sharp metal point on which to stick a candle.

FINE PAIR OF LATE 17TH CENTURY, PERSONALISED, FLEMISH, BRASS CANDLESTICKS WITH PRICKETS, POSSIBLY A LOVE TOKEN AS INSCRIBED WITH A HEART MOTIF AND INITIALS - Personalised : The bot...

The height is 33.5" to the top of the candle stand and 37.5" to the top of the pricket.

A pair of 19th century Continental floor prickets, each a tall tapering triangular column painted in black faux marble with light veining. The columns rise from stepped triangular ba...

Pair of 19th-century French Bronzed Zinc Gothic Architectural Altar/Pricket Candlesticks, France, circa 1870s A stunning pair of 19th-century French bronzed zinc Gothic architectura...

A Cotswold School Arts and Crafts hand wrought iron pricket candlestick on three pad feet.

A stunning pair of antique 18th-Century Italian silvered wood tripod pricket altar candlesticks. These gorgeous cathedral candlesticks are a nice large size, silver gilded and ornate...

Polished brass torchere. Height 74 cm. Diameter 20 cm.

Italian turned wood pricket stick with painted finish of antique white and light golden brown stands three feet high, circa 1900. Two available. Sold and priced individually.  

Unusual pair of large antique Victorian ornate brass pricket candlesticks having a turned ornate shaped brass column standing on an ornate base depicting flowers, scrolls and paw fee...

Two antique French Louis XVI style silverplate mantel or floor prickets / candlesticks / candle holders featuring a tall reeded column with trophy urn form pedestal base.

This pair of giltwood French Empire period prickets or candlesticks was originally used on the altar of a church. They were hand-carved and exquisitely gilded on only one side as a m...

This set of carved marble pricket candlesticks might have been used as altar sticks for a church but could easily also have been made for a private house that had marble details and ...

Loss to the top of one candle prick.

A decorative pair of 18th century Italian painted and parcel-gilt wood pricket candlesticks. Each features a cream-painted base with selectively gilded carved decoration, including f...

A pair of late 19th century Italian cream and polychrome pricket candlesticks. A pricket on top of each piece holds a candle in place over a foliate gilt drip pan.

This commanding pair of monumental Italian pricket candlesticks, dating to the mid-to-late 19th century, represents the height of Baroque Revival craftsmanship. The paw feet, swellin...

Each example is centred by a substantial baluster-form stem, surmounted by a carved flame finial, and issuing a pair of boldly scrolled arms terminating in circular candle plates wit...

Set of Four Early 19th Century Brass Pricket Candlesticks, Circa 1810.

Antique pair of Gothic Cathedral motif brass prickets - Church/Altar candlesticks with gothic architectural design elements. Ric.0042.  

Large antique pair of Gothic Cathedral Motif brass prickets - Church/Altar candlesticks with gothic architectural design elements. Ric.0043.    

Large Antique Pair of Gothic Cathedral Motif Brass Prickets - Church/Altar candlesticks with gothic architectural design elements. Ric.0044.  

Created in France at the Turn of the Century (19th to 20th century), this tall candle stand features four elegant scrolls in the upper section, supporting five simple prickets made t...

Spectacular pair of 18th century Italian prickets, great old worn finish/patina. Great scale and proportions.

During the Medieval period, most pricket-style candlesticks utilized tripod bases, as the wide stance provided more stability on uneven stone or dirt floors. That same tripod form ca...

Retaining traces of their original polychrome and gilt finish with beautifully worn patina, these altar candlesticks feature iron prickets at the top for securing taper candles (not ...

Pair of 19th Century Italian Painted And Gilt Altar Sticks or Prickets. Pair of antique Italian Baroque style painted altar sticks, candlesticks, candleholders or prickets from Tusca...

Wonderful pair of French carved wood candlesticks with a yummy silverleaf distressed patina.

Pair of Italian carved wood, gesso, and silver gilt floral prickets with centered spikes for candles, bulbous ring columns with bead work, and terminating on stylized lions paws feet.

Pair of tiered gilt brass European Gothic Revival pricket candlesticks with Solomonic spiraling stems Anonymous Europe; probably ca. 1900 Gilt Brass Approximate size: 23 (h) x 6 (...

Each fluted Campana-from urn with a removable bobeche below a pricket, the urns raised on socle bases with internal wooden frames

18th century Spanish pair of fire gilt silver and bronze pricket sticks

A beautiful pair of 19th century French solid brass cathedral altar prickets or candlesticks from the South of France near Montpellier, circa 1880s. Each is raised on three claw feet...

Rare and stunning pair of Flemish, Medieval Style candlesticks with crouching lions. If you are looking for the best quality and best condition antiques only then this rare pair c...

Overall outstanding examples -- Candlestick candle sticks candle stand pricket candelabra candelabrum table lamp Gothic revival Victorian Orientalist figural snake sculpture statue ...

This is a nice example of pricket candle lighting. The form is somewhat unusual and the scale is nice for a dramatic statement.

Antique Folk Art candelabrum Early 20th Century Hand-worked iron candelabrum with stylized bird finial and cutout animal motifs Three upper candle holders arranged within the frame...

Pricket candlesticks represent one of the earliest forms of candle holder, distinguished by a central spike used to secure the candle in place.

The candleholders are fitted with original iron prickets for altar candles and present a striking decorative presence, ideal for use in classical or eclectic interiors.

Monumental in scale and exceptionally detailed, each candelabra features dramatic scrolling arms and branch-form pricket candle holders, rising from a sculptural backplate adorned wi...

Fourth quarter 19th century, in the neoclassical taste, the baluster-form standards decorated with acanthus leaves and fitted with flaring drip pans and pricket candle holders, raise...

Carved hardwood with an indented metal disk and spike or pricket for candles with extra large diameters. Great center piece for a table.

The candleholders are fitted with original iron prickets for altar candles and present a striking decorative presence, ideal for use in classical or eclectic interiors.

We he at Lynx Hollow Antiques absolutely love decorating with religious antiques, from authentic altarpiece, tabernacle, Holy relic reliquary or monstrance, crucifix cross, altarstic...

Pair of early 17th century Italian carved wood and gilt angel Pricket stick candelabra. Jubilant Angels Holding Cornucopia which holds single pricket for a candle.

This example is carved from one piece of pine, with metal central hanging support and candle holding prickets. Likely to have been used in a church or religious setting of sorts towa...

Carved hardwood with an indented metal disk and spike or pricket for candles with extra-large diameters. Great center piece for a table.

A stunning Continental Baroque well carved wooden altar candle holder pricket from the 19th century, now fashioned as a tall two-light table lamp, with foliate bands, the standard wi...

19th century Italian trompe l'oeil panels We are proud to offer a spectacular pair of highly decorative 19th century Italian trompe l'oeil panels, each depicting an architectural b...

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