Brutalist Cast Metal Candlestick, Patinated and Gilt Finish

Brutalist metalwork of the 1960s and 70s favored rough, hand-textured surfaces and sculptural, asymmetric silhouettes over the smooth polish of earlier decorative metalwork — candlesticks in particular became a popular form for the style, since a single tall stem gave a maker plenty of room to work a heavily textured, almost molten-looking surface.

This candlestick follows that idiom closely: a tall, tapering stem in a heavily textured cast metal finish, opening into a wide drip-catching cup at the top and standing on a splayed tripod-style base. Both a patinated dark finish and gilt highlights run across the surface. It is offered as brutalist in style; no foundry mark or hallmark is visible in the photographs provided to confirm the metal as bronze specifically, so it is described here as cast metal. The deeply pitted, bark-like surface on a piece like this isn't a casting flaw — it's usually the result of a mold taken from a roughly worked wax or clay original, a technique brutalist metalworkers used deliberately so that every surface stays irregular, meaning no two pieces from the same mold ever catch candlelight quite the same way.

Condition is good overall. The piece has clearly been well kept, and now moves forward to a new setting. Well suited to a dining table, a mantel, or a console, either on its own or paired with a second for symmetry.

Standing 17 cm tall and weighing 765 grams, it has real heft in the hand for its size — consistent with a solid cast piece rather than a hollow or lightweight casting.

DETAILS
Size: 17 cm high (6.7 in)
Weight: 765 grams (1.7 lb)
Material: patinated and gilt cast metal
Style-Period: brutalist, offered as 1960s/70s
Shipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — we handle the paperwork, with all import duties paid by us; nothing to settle on delivery
Condition: good overall

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