A SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICK MODELLED AS A SWAN

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A SILVER CHAMBER CANDLESTICK MODELLED AS A SWAN
no apparent marks, perhaps by Gothard Ferdinand Stang, probably St. Petersburg, circa 1830

The shaped oval base with pierced sides, the tulip-shaped sconce supported on the upraised wings of a swan, the handle decorated in relief with anthemion on a matted ground - 20.5cm high (508gr)

Lot Essay

cf. Russian Silverwares in the State Hermitage Collection, Leningrad, 1977, pg. 17 and 20, for an identical chamber candlestick
by Cothard Ferdinand Stang

see Christie's Amsterdam, Wednesday, 21 November, 1990, lot 874, illustrated pg. 195

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