A pair of German silver wall sconces for single lights, Peter Rahm, Augsburg, 1713-1717
Lot Closed
November 13, 02:40 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A pair of German silver wall sconces for single lights
Peter Rahm, Augsburg
1713-1717
centred by Cupid and Venus, cartouche form, the borders chased with floral diaperwork within scroll borders and pendant swags of flowers, the leaf-capped scroll branch with fluted circular drip-pan and similarly decorated nozzle, shell cresting above applied Regence canopy, marked on backplates and drippans, numbered 5 and 6.
59.3cm.
weight: 2,408g.
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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;
Sold, Christie's, London 24-25 November 2014, lot 606
by bequest to, Sir Glynne Earle Welby-Gregory 3rd Bt. (1806-1875) and then by descent;
Sold, Christie's, London 24-25 November 2014, lot 606
A set of four wall sconces by Peter Rahm of 1731, also for single lights but with etched glass centres were part of the property of the Electors of Saxony, sold Sothebys Moritzburg, 17th December 1999, lots 64 and 65. The family had buried them as part of a hoard of silver and objects of vertu including works by Christoph Jamnitzer and Johann Melchior Dinglinger against advancing Russians at the end of World War II.
Peter Rahms surviving work consists almost entirely of wall sconces
Peter Rahms surviving work consists almost entirely of wall sconces