A pair of Hanover silver candlesticks. Marks of Frantz Peter Bunsen, ca. 1760. - image-1

Lot 107 Dα

A pair of Hanover silver candlesticks. Marks of Frantz Peter Bunsen, ca. 1760.

Auction 1028 - overview Cologne
15.05.2014, 17:00 - Kunstgewerbe II (Silver)
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 5.490 € (incl. premium)

A pair of Hanover silver candlesticks. Marks of Frantz Peter Bunsen, ca. 1760.

Height 21.5 cm, weight 872 g.

Literature

A pair of candlesticks by this master are kept in the Heimatmuseum Hannover and carry the same year letter and Neustadt assay mark, apparently the present pair were made shortly before Bunsen moved to the old town (cf. Scheffler Niedersachsen, p. 765).