A pair of royal German fire-gilt bronze and crystal appliques. - image-1
A pair of royal German fire-gilt bronze and crystal appliques. - image-2
A pair of royal German fire-gilt bronze and crystal appliques. - image-1A pair of royal German fire-gilt bronze and crystal appliques. - image-2

Lot 5 Dα

A pair of royal German fire-gilt bronze and crystal appliques.

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 9.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 8.680 € (incl. premium)

A pair of royal German fire-gilt bronze and crystal appliques.

Finely worked mirrored wall lights set with facetted rock crystal, amethyst and smoky quarz stones and droplets. One nozzle with a glued crack, some droplets chipped. H ca. 53 cm.
Probably mid 18th C. Traditionally thought to have been made for Berlin or Potsdam palaces.

Provenance

From a Hessian collection.