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Werner & Mieth, Berlin

Active 1791 – 1819

Looped chandelier with gold ruby glass. Eight-armed chandelier. Circa 1810

Bronze and brass, gilt, partially silvered; largely original hanging glass pieces, original gold ruby glass plates. 126 cm, Ø 86 cm (49 ⅝ in., Ø 33 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Werner & Mieth, Berlin. Looped chandelier with gold ruby glass. Eight-armed chandelier. Circa 1810.

Estimate:

EUR 90,000

 

- 150,000

USD 114,100

 

- 190,000

Sold for:

112,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 27.11.2014

Information

Bronze and brass, gilt, partially silvered; largely original hanging glass pieces, original gold ruby glass plates. 126 cm, Ø 86 cm (49 ⅝ in., Ø 33 ⅞ in.). Catalogue raisonné: Will be included in Birgit Kropmanns' forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works by the Werner & Mieth company.

Related literature: Käthe Klappenbach: Kronleuchter mit Behang aus Bergkristall und Glas sowie Glasarmkronleuchter bis 1810, Berlin 2001, cat. nos. 78, 79, 81, 82 / Frank C. Möller: 18 Objekte um 1800, Hamburg 2014; therein: „Prachtkrone zu 12 Lichtern“ for Jérôme Bonaparte, p. 40-47.

Presumably ordered in 1811 for the Grauen Hof, the royal residence in Brunswick / private collection, Brunswick / private collection, Germany

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