Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Four Copper


A Collection of Four Copper and Brass Metalware Items - A collection of four metalware items including both utility and decorative pieces. The group features a large circular copper cauldron or hearth bucket with hand-hammered construction, fitted with a wrought iron swing handle secured by heavy-gauge copper rivets. A smaller brass utility bucket of circular form is present, featuring a black-painted iron swing handle. The lot further contains a decorative baluster-form vase of archaic design, decorated with cast relief bands of stylized zoomorphic scrollwork and geometric Greek key borders. The collection is completed by a single cast brass figural candlestick, featuring a square plinth base and an ornate stem modelled as a mythical grotesque creature which supports a tulip-form nozzle. Diameter of large cauldron: approximately 30–40 cm.