Antique English Brass 18th Century Taper Jack

The brass taper Jack cast in five pieces. The round profiled base; the stem, the two parts of the hinged wax spim with wax holder with drip pan and between in the iron spring and de baluster shaped finial.
Literature:
Onno ter Kuile. Koper & Brons Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Page 115, photo 162
The Brass Book by Shiffer.Page 214 Fig.D
Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820 by Gentle & Feils similar items Pages 218 - 222

England,

Late 18th century.

Height: 15 cm. (5,9 inches.)
Diam. base: 8,5 cm. (3,4 inches.)
Weight: 240 grams.