A SET OF FOUR GERMAN CANDLESTICKS

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A SET OF FOUR GERMAN CANDLESTICKS
DRESDEN, CIRCA 1775, PROBABLY BY JOHANN GOTTLIEB SCHAFFERMEYER

Each on circular base chased with a calyx of stiff leaves, the part-fluted stem with acanthus above, the urn-shaped socket chased with flutes and foliage, the removable nozzle with laurel border, marked on bases
8½in. (21.6cm.) high
(47oz. 10dwt., 1470gr.) (4)

Provenance

Lot Essay

The design of these candlesticks relates to a series of 124 candlesticks made by the Schrodel family in Dresden for Frederick Augustus, Elector of Saxony, described in a contemporary inventory as "glatt faconniert Spielleuchter" (see Friedrich August von O'Byrn, Die Hof-Silberkammer und die Hof-Kellerei zu Dresden, Dresden, 1881, p. 14.