TWO RARE DUTCH SILVER WALL SCONCES

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TWO RARE DUTCH SILVER WALL SCONCES
ONE MAKER'S MARK OF CORNELIS PIETERSZ EBBEKIN, HAARLEM, DATE LETTER UNCLEAR PROBABLY 1678; THE OTHER, HAARLEM, MAKER'S MARK WW, CIRCA 1678

Each with leaf-clad scroll supports, headed by acanthus candle-cups, marked under candle-cups
14¾in. (37.5cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

A set of similar wall sconces, by Michiel de Bruyn van Berendrecht, Utrecht, 1647, are in the church of SS. Peter and Paul, Rotterdam and illustrated in A.L. den Blaauwen, ed., Iederlands zilver, exh. cat., Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1979, no. 46. A pair of altaarkandelaars by Cornelis Pietersz Ebbekin dated 1672 is cited in Register der Meesterteekens,, Haarlem, n.d., p.126.