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A Netherlandish brass sixteen-light chandelier, parts possibly 17th century

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A Netherlandish brass sixteen-light chandelier, parts possibly 17th century
The scrolling branches issuing in two-tiers from the bulbous baluster knopped column, inscribed NEEL YAKOPS ANNO 1656 to the ball, the suspension loop stamped with the date 1655, the pans and sockets drilled for electricity
47in. (119.5cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

A comparable chandelier, with the typically accentuated downsweeping branches forms part of the Rijks Museum Collection in Amsterdam. Illustrated on page 134, figure 177, of the metalwork catalogue Kopper and Brons, Onno ter Kuile, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1986.

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