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tThe cypher is that of Augustus III (1696-1763), Elector of Saxony.
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A SET OF SIX IMPORTANT GERMAN SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MAKER'S MARK OF CHRISTIAN HEINRICH INGERMANN, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750
The shaped circular domed bases elaborately cast and chased with twisting scrolls and rocaille, rising to knopped baluster stems similarly chased, and with acanthus-clad campana-shaped sockets, engraved under the bases with the Royal cypher and the inventory numbers 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44, marked on bases--9in.(22.7cm.) high
(178oz., 5537gr.) (6)
MAKER'S MARK OF CHRISTIAN HEINRICH INGERMANN, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750
The shaped circular domed bases elaborately cast and chased with twisting scrolls and rocaille, rising to knopped baluster stems similarly chased, and with acanthus-clad campana-shaped sockets, engraved under the bases with the Royal cypher and the inventory numbers 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44, marked on bases--9in.(22.7cm.) high
(178oz., 5537gr.) (6)