Style: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture
Style: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture
Auction Closed
April 16, 08:57 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR, MIAMI
A SET OF FOUR SILVER CANDLESTICKS AFTER A THOMAS GERMAIN MODEL, MID 18TH CENTURY
decorated with fluting, entrelac, and ribbon-tied reeded borders, the shoulders with rams’ heads above husk swags
apparently unmarked, the nozzles by Garrards, London, 1845, the bases engraved with weights No 1 / 37-12; No 2 / 36=6; No 3 / 37=2; No 4 / 37=15
149 oz 5 dwt
4646 g
height 11½ in.
29.3 cm
Compare with a pair of candlesticks by Thomas Germain from the Penthièvre-Orléans service, illustrated in Christiane Perrin, François Thomas Germain, orfèvre des rois, p. 93 in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs. Other variants are in the Danish Royal collection.