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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
BY FRANÇOIS LOUIS JEREMIE SY AND EMIL AUGUST ALBERT WAGNER, BERLIN, CIRCA 1870
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A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER NINE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
BY FRANÇOIS LOUIS JEREMIE SY AND EMIL AUGUST ALBERT WAGNER, BERLIN, CIRCA 1870
Each on square plinth, cast, engraved and applied with swags, masks and foliage and supported on four dolphin feet, the base of one cast as Theseus wrestling the Marathonian Bull, the base of the other cast as Jason taming the Colchian dragon while holding aloft the Golden Fleece, each below two tiers of four scrolling branches with socket and wax-pan and with a further central socket, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms below a coronet, the base of each signed 'SY & WAGNER BERLIN 812', each further scratched underneath with number '4762'
26½ in. (67 cm.) high and slightly smaller
417 oz. 14 dwt. (12,981 gr.)
The arms are those of de Renzis for Francesco de Renzis (1836-1900), a central figure in the history of the de Renzis family. He served as a captain the army of the Reign of the Two Sicilies and also later in the army of the Savoia family from 1860. He was later appointed ambassador to Madrid and London. He was also a elected a member of Parliament on five occasions before being promoted to the Senate. He married Baroness Edith Sonnino, sister of Sidney Sonnino, an eminent Italian politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs during the First World War and during the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles. (2)
BY FRANÇOIS LOUIS JEREMIE SY AND EMIL AUGUST ALBERT WAGNER, BERLIN, CIRCA 1870
Each on square plinth, cast, engraved and applied with swags, masks and foliage and supported on four dolphin feet, the base of one cast as Theseus wrestling the Marathonian Bull, the base of the other cast as Jason taming the Colchian dragon while holding aloft the Golden Fleece, each below two tiers of four scrolling branches with socket and wax-pan and with a further central socket, the base engraved with a coat-of-arms below a coronet, the base of each signed 'SY & WAGNER BERLIN 812', each further scratched underneath with number '4762'
26½ in. (67 cm.) high and slightly smaller
417 oz. 14 dwt. (12,981 gr.)
The arms are those of de Renzis for Francesco de Renzis (1836-1900), a central figure in the history of the de Renzis family. He served as a captain the army of the Reign of the Two Sicilies and also later in the army of the Savoia family from 1860. He was later appointed ambassador to Madrid and London. He was also a elected a member of Parliament on five occasions before being promoted to the Senate. He married Baroness Edith Sonnino, sister of Sidney Sonnino, an eminent Italian politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs during the First World War and during the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles. (2)
Provenance
Baron Francesco di Renzis, who married Baroness Edith Sonnino, sister of Sidney Sonnino and by descent.
Brought to you by
Tom Johans
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