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Lot Essay
The handles of these commodes are identical to those on a commode from Bayreuth, which is possibly by Spindler (S. Sangl, 'Spindler?', Furniture History, vol. XXVII, 1991, fig. 64). The delicately inlaid lines and scrolls further relate to a number of commodes that are attributed to Bayreuth and which are possibly by the Spindler family (Sangl, op. cit., figs. 24, 31 and 62).
The Spindler workshop was probably founded by Johann Spindler, who following the court of the Margraves, moved from Kulmbach to Bayreuth in 1718. His sons Johann Friedrich (b. 1726) and Heinrich Wilhelm (b. 1738) appear to have trained with their father and taken over his workshop but moved it to Potsdam and then Berlin in 1764. There are no recorded works by the Spindler family while in Bayreuth so no firm attributions have been established.
The Spindler workshop was probably founded by Johann Spindler, who following the court of the Margraves, moved from Kulmbach to Bayreuth in 1718. His sons Johann Friedrich (b. 1726) and Heinrich Wilhelm (b. 1738) appear to have trained with their father and taken over his workshop but moved it to Potsdam and then Berlin in 1764. There are no recorded works by the Spindler family while in Bayreuth so no firm attributions have been established.