218 – Candlesticks

Physical description:

A pair of bronze candlesticks in the form of elongated devil figures. plus 2 candles

Museum classification:

Satanism and Devil Worship

Size:

270mm high

Information:

A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL PATINATED-BRONZE DEVIL FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS,LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY Mentioned in Doreen Valiente's description of the exhibits at Cecil Williamson's 'House of Spells' at Polperro (Transcripts from Doreen Valiente's Diaries 1959-1966, in the museum library (133.43 VAL), pp.29-34).
An identical pair were sold by Christie's Interiors in New York in July 2011.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Bronze

Copyright ownership:

Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.

A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL PATINATED-BRONZE DEVIL FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS,LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY Mentioned in Doreen Valiente's description of the exhibits at Cecil Williamson's 'House of Spells' at Polperro (Transcripts from Doreen Valiente's Diaries 1959-1966, in the museum library (133.43 VAL), pp.29-34).
An identical pair were sold by Christie's Interiors in New York in July 2011.