FRENCH OR GERMAN, 12TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GILT-BRONZE PRICKET CANDLESTICK
FRENCH OR GERMAN, 12TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
THE PRICKET INSET INTO THE DISHED DRIPPAN SUPPORTED BY STYLIZED DRAGONS, ABOVE A PIERCED CIRCULAR KNOP, DEPICTING STYLIZED BIRDS AND INTERLACING STRAPWORK, ON AN ELABORATELY PIERCED TRIPARTITE BASE WITH FANTASTICAL BEASTS AND ON STYLIZED ANIMAL'S PAW FEET
15 CM. HIGH

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Sale room notice

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION SHOULD READ 12TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, AND THAT THE ESTIMATE SHOULD READ EUR 2000-3000, AND NOT AS STATED IN THE PRINTED CATALOGUE.

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Lot Essay

ANOTHER PRICKET CANDLESTICK WITH THE SAME DESIGN OF THE TRIPARTITE BASE AND DRIP PAN WITH DRAGON SUPPORTS, BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT KNOP IS ILLUSTRATED IN: O. FALKE AND E. MEYER, ROMANISCHE LEUCHTER UND GEFäSSE, GIESSGEFäSSE DER GOTIK, BERLIN, 1935, RE-PRINTED IN 1983, P. 37.

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