Lot 791
  • 791

A pair of German silver seven-light candelabra and two pairs of German silver candlesticks, respectively early 20th Century and mid 19th Century

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Silver
  • respectively 57cm., 22 1/2in., 29.7cm., 11 3/4in., and 23cm., 9in. high
the hexagonal candelabra with die-stamped decoration and branches, detachable nozzles, unidentified maker's mark, loaded; the first pair of candlesticks, square bases, fluted tapering stems, maker's mark IG/I, Leipzig; the second pair, square bases, part lobed baluster stems

Provenance

Candelabra: With Dürlich & Schwarzbaum Antiquitäten, 1982.
Candlesticks: Lempertz, 6 June 1985, lot 827.

Condition

the marks are quite good except for those on the smaller pair of candlesticks, which are badly struck; overall condition good except candlesticks a little wobbly
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