Lot Essay
These remarkable sauceboats show a close similarity, in both form and decoration, to examples in the Ashmolean Musuem, Oxford, one pair of which is also by Kandler, made in 1742. (see A.G. Grimwade, Rococo Silver, London, 1974, pl.346 and 35a)
The Kandler family of silversmiths are one of the most interesting but at the same time least understood of those making in London during the middle years of the 18th century. Much of their work, particularly that produced in the 1740's reflect closely products of the Meissen porcelain factory of the same era. Such pieces reinforce the suggestion the family of silversmiths were closely related to Johann Joachim Kandler, the Meissen factory's most famous modeller.
The Kandler family of silversmiths are one of the most interesting but at the same time least understood of those making in London during the middle years of the 18th century. Much of their work, particularly that produced in the 1740's reflect closely products of the Meissen porcelain factory of the same era. Such pieces reinforce the suggestion the family of silversmiths were closely related to Johann Joachim Kandler, the Meissen factory's most famous modeller.