DATED 1821, WITH LATER ELEMENTS

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A DUTCH TWENTY-LIGHT BRASS CHANDELIER
DATED 1821, WITH LATER ELEMENTS
The branches in two registers of ten, about a knopped and waisted column, the suspension loop with engraved insription to the collar below MES GEEL G J:DUSSEL.INS HERT O GENBOSCH.1821
48 in. (122 cm.) high, the upper tier -- 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide, the lower tier -- 56 in. (142.3 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

J.Dussel was a brass-founder active in 's-Hertogenbosch, there is not a great deal known about him, he is mentioned in the archives of the Dutch reformed church in's-Hertogenbosch, where he supplied a bill for brass-works, including a new chandelier, carried out in 1822 - again it is possible that the present chandelier, dated 1821, was originally supplied to the Dutch reformed church.
The inscription MES. GEEL G is an abbreviation of MEESTER GEELGIETER (master brassfounder)
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Tim Graas, 'Lood om oud ijzer'. Publicatiereeks van de Stichting Kerkelijk Kunstbezit in Nederland, vol IV 1998.

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