Can anyone ID this brass candlestick?

My first post, and I am so grateful to find you guys, because there's darn little knowledge out there. This candlestick was in a box of flimsy junk at an estate sale. It was beautiful and heavy -- it's about 11" tall, the base is 7.5" across, and it weighs over three pounds. The stick is (I think this is the term) peened in; it rotates maybe a quarter turn and stops. It's been polished recently, but the stick still has (I think?) lathe marks. I did a reverse Google search, and Google seems to think it could be old. Does anyone recognize the style? I know almost nothing about candlesticks and would welcome some experience weighing in.

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Whatever it is, my daughter gets a new heirloom; no way is this leaving my clutches!

 

So, are you saying this is a Candlestick??? It's difficult to tell from your images....Do you think you could re-post images of the whole candlestick (if that in fact is what it is!) and if it has any marks on it please show them as well! Thank you!! And a question for you....you've been on here for roughly 2+ years and this is your FIRST post???

 

I've had an account for two years. I don't think I've posted before, no. If I did, it was so long ago that I'd forgotten about this site. Had to reset my password.

Are my photos not posting properly? The first one shows the whole candlestick, and when I click on the thumbnails, they embiggen. No marks. I had to crop them close because this site said my first tries were too large pixel-wise.

 

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For starters, here are your images, FULL SIZE....





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Thank you. If you want, I'll delete the whole thing and start over -- it seems pretty snarled at this point.

 

only a moderator can delete a thread.........

 

I love the bizarre title of the book - 'THE KALAHARI TYPING SCHOOL FOR MEN' and how it's written in higher case. And is that a stuffed bear claw or a 6 legged armadillo holding it ??

 

It looks turned, which means fairly recently made. The old ones were cast.

Definitely a 6 legged armadillo.

 

my guess would be India - recent.

 

Very likely.
Which doesn't mean it isn't nice, it is.

 

That is part of a series of detective novels, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. It's a great series set in Botswana, I highly recommend it!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kalahari_Typing_School_for_Men

 

The Ladies Detective Agency is a very good book!

 

And is that a stuffed bear claw or a 6 legged armadillo holding it ??

It's a tardigrade.
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Based on what? Seriously -- trying to learn here. Do you have any comps I can look at? (Thanks!)

 

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Waterbear...my Totem critter! Great call!

 

Meanwhile, FUN aside, as @petrichor asked, got any comps anywhere he can compare to his candlestick???????????

SO, petrichor, I took @laura9797's hint and keyed into a Google 'search' "India-brass plain turned candlesticks" and got this for a result....but you CAN be more specific if you choose to...click on it....you should see a bunch to check out!!

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=India-+brass+plain+turned+candlesticks?
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(But know that we can get a bit silly on occasion....as we're SO SERIOUS MOST of the time!!!)

 

I like your candlestick, it has a nice look to it I have no idea on the age of yours. I remember buying brass candlesticks from India in the early 1970s, and while it seems like that was just a few years ago the reality is that was 50+ years ago When I'm looking at stuff I go through the list in my head - new/fresh off the boat to 'modern/recent' to old to antique. So to me 'recent' doesn't mean new but has some age to it. lol, I hope this makes sense Maybe this is why the term vintage became so popular.
Anyway, maybe @laura9797 and @Any Jewelry could shed some light on what they mean by recent?

 

For me it is roughly between 1995 and now.

 

Can you be a little more explicit on why you think it's so recent? Wouldn't something so new have a maker's mark?

I checked on your point about older stems being cast, not spun. That's true, and thank you for teaching me something. But apparently old cast stems were then finished on a metal lathe for a bunch of reasons, including recycling any metal shavings.

I'm glad you like it. Whatever its origin, I call it astonishing beginner's luck.