A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER WALL-SCONCES

MARK OF PETER RAHM, AUGSBURG, 1713-1717

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A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER WALL-SCONCES
MARK OF PETER RAHM, AUGSBURG, 1713-1717
Each of cartouche form, the borders chased with floral diaperwork within scroll borders and pendant swags of flowers, the centre chased with a scene of Venus and Cupid, the leaf-capped scroll branch with fluted circular drip-pan and similarly decorated nozzle, all below a cresting chased with a basket of flowers on a matted ground, each marked near branch and on drip pan, numbered 5 and 6
23 3/8 in. (59.3 cm.) high
77 oz. 8 dwt. (2,408 gr.)

Provenance

Possibly Gregory de Ligne Gregory (1786-1854) of Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire, by bequest to,
Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Bt. (1806-1875) and then by descent.

Literature

Inventory of articles (heirlooms, including library and works of art) at Harlaxton New Manor House, 1864-66, National Archives, Kew, Ms. J 90/1217, possibly p. 58, nos. 44-45, ‘Plate and Silver Gilt’:
Possibly no. 44, ‘An Antique Sconce Slightly damaged – 39 oz. 12 dwt.’
Possibly no. 45, ‘An Antique Sconce Slightly damaged – 41 oz. 2 dwt.’

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Lot Essay

Born in Hamburg in 1661, Peter Rahm became a master in 1694 and married Susanna Pepfenhauser in the same year. Rham's recorded works are nearly all sconces. Lorenz Seling records an early set of six made between 1692 and 1697, now in the Schatzkammer der Hohen Domkirche, Cologne. A silver gilt sconce of 1717-1721 and a set of four of 1729-1733 at Schloss Pillnitz (inv. nos. 46 776 and 36 430- 36 433). A pair of 1729-1733 are in the collection of the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Dresden (Inv. No. 36 434 and 42 222). Two pairs of sconces by Rahm sold, The Moritzburg Treasure: Silver and Works of Art from the Royal House of Saxony, Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1999, lots 64 and 65.

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