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Berlin or Potsdam

A pair of wall-mounted candle holders in the form of branches, each with three lights. Circa 1745/50

Bronze, chased, gilt; iron thread. Each 49 × 35 × 13 cm (19 ¼ × 13 ¾ × 5 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Berlin or Potsdam. A pair of wall-mounted candle holders in the form of branches, each with three lights. Circa 1745/50.

Estimate:

EUR 6,000

 

- 8,000

USD 6,830

 

- 9,100

Sold for:

7,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 02.06.2016

Information

Bronze, chased, gilt; iron thread. Each 49 × 35 × 13 cm (19 ¼ × 13 ¾ × 5 ⅛ in.). Weight: 1.957 g / 1.951 g.

Comparable objects: branch-formed wall lights with two lights, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin – new wing, first apartment of Friedrich der Große, writing chamber / ibid: formerly Schloss Monbijou, Berlin, Boisierter Raum.

Related literature: Heinrich Ludwig Manger: Baugeschichte von Potsdam, besonders unter der Regierung König Friedrichs des Zweiten, Berlin and Stettin, 1789 / Paul Seidel: Die Metallbildhauer Friedrichs des Großen; in: Jahrbuch der Königlich-Preußischen Kunstsammlungen vol. 16 (1895), p. 48–60 / Käthe Klappenbach: Kronleuchter (collection catalogue of the SPSG), Berlin 2001, p. 94ff..

Presumably Schloss Charlottenburg, new wing – first Friedrich apartment / circa 1950 Enno von Marcard (1900–1993), Hamburg / estate