MARK OF GERARDUS CORNELII, NIJMEGEN, 1728-1729

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A pair of early and rare Dutch silver candlesticks
Mark of Gerardus Cornelii, Nijmegen, 1728-1729
Each on octagonal moulded base, rising to a knobbed baluster stem decorated with stylised foliage, the spool-shaped octagonal socket with similar decoration, marked on base
19.2 cm. high
850 gr. (2)

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Lot Essay

Gerardus Cornelii was baptised in Nijmegen on the 7th of August 1695. He was the son of Dirk Cornelis and Celia Spronkers. Gerardus married Lydia Palm on the 18th of October 1722. Documents reveal that Cornelii worked for the local tailors' guild and the city government.
Amongst others he is known to have delivered silver for the burgomasters' hoods. Two candlesticks by Cornelii are in the collection of Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (see: Molen, J.R. ter, op. cit., pp. 184-185).

For comparative literature:
Mees, D.C., (e.a.), Kunstnijverheid en tegels: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 133.
Molen, J.R. ter, Zilver: Catalogus van de voorwerpen van edelmetaal in de collectie van het Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1994, pp. 184-185, 622.
Catalogue of the exhibition Nijmeegs zilver 1400-1900, Nijmegen, Commanderie van Sint-Jan, 1983, p. 39 and pp. 75-76 nos. 56-66.
Catalogue of the exhibition: Gelders Zilver, Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 1955, p. 23 nos. 32-33 and p. 113.

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