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    Sale 6697

    SILVER, PORCELAIN & GLASS FROM THE ROYAL PRUSSIAN COLLECTION

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    31 October 2002

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    Lot 29

    A set of six German silver candlesticks

    MARK OF CHRISTIAN LIEBERKÜHN THE YOUNGER, BERLIN, CIRCA 1750

    Price realised

    GBP 105,650

    Estimate

    GBP 25,000 - GBP 30,000

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    A set of six German silver candlesticks
    Mark of Christian Lieberkühn the Younger, Berlin, circa 1750
    Each on spreading octagonal base with domed centre, with baluster knop above, the lower section of the octagonal baluster stem with ribs at the angles, engraved with FWR monogram with Royal Prussian crown above as borne by the Kings Friedrich Wilhelm, within a ribbon and foliage-tied wreath, the vase-shaped socket with fitted octagonal nozzle, the bases variously engraved with weights, marked underneath bases
    5¾in. (14.2cm.) high
    49oz. (1,532gr.) (6)

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    Pre-Lot Text

    Ein Satz aus sechs Deutschen Silberleuchtern

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