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Lot Essay
The present set of six candlesticks was made by Jacobus Rensing (Zwolle 1723 - Amsterdam 1772) in 1756 and three of them bear the duty mark of 1795 of Amsterdam.
The candlesticks are almost entirely decorated with spiral ribs. From the candle-holders down to the base the ribs are slightly diverging and end in a rocaille-like ornament. The flowing vertical lines are only interrupted by three narrow plain bands.
Rensing was a skilled craftsman who seems to have specialised in table services. Amongst his best known works is a lavishly decorated coffee-urn in Louis XV-style in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam1.
The present candlesticks formed part of a service owned by the Thomassen à Thuessink van der Hoop van Slochteren family.
Possibly this set formed part of a larger one of at least twelve or perhaps eightteen candlesticks (See foot-note lot 366)
Comparative literature:
1Lorm, J.R. de, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Zwolle, 1999, p.139
See illustration
The candlesticks are almost entirely decorated with spiral ribs. From the candle-holders down to the base the ribs are slightly diverging and end in a rocaille-like ornament. The flowing vertical lines are only interrupted by three narrow plain bands.
Rensing was a skilled craftsman who seems to have specialised in table services. Amongst his best known works is a lavishly decorated coffee-urn in Louis XV-style in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
The present candlesticks formed part of a service owned by the Thomassen à Thuessink van der Hoop van Slochteren family.
Possibly this set formed part of a larger one of at least twelve or perhaps eightteen candlesticks (See foot-note lot 366)
Comparative literature:
See illustration