A pair of Baroque brass candlesticks. - image-1

Lot 90 Dα

A pair of Baroque brass candlesticks.

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 1.000 €
Result: 1.612 € (incl. premium)

A pair of Baroque brass candlesticks.

Cast in two pieces and screwed together. After a design for silver. Monogrammed "FWR" to the underside, dated 1789. With an unidentified stamped mark. H 19 cm.
Possibly Nuremberg, 1st quarter 18th C.

In the year of the French Revolution, the candlesticks were finely engraved with the monogramm of the Prussian King Wilhelm II who had reigned since 1786. The pieces may have been a royal gift.