A Neoclassical six-flame ormolu chandelier - image-1

Lot 122 Dα

A Neoclassical six-flame ormolu chandelier

Auction 1065 - overview Berlin
30.04.2016, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 16.120 € (incl. premium)

A Neoclassical six-flame ormolu chandelier

The drip pans with drilled holes, restored, the blue glass dishes replaced. H 80, D 70 cm.
Berlin, ca. 1825 - 30, presumably after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Provenance

Purchased from Seidel und Sohn, 1992.

Literature

A similar chandelier with white glass in a photograph of the Neues Pavillion in Berlin in cat. Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Munich-Berlin 202, p. 124). Further, similar pieces hang in Glienicke Palace.