A pair of Berlin silver candelsticks from the dinner service of Frederick the Great - image-1
A pair of Berlin silver candelsticks from the dinner service of Frederick the Great - image-2
A pair of Berlin silver candelsticks from the dinner service of Frederick the Great - image-1A pair of Berlin silver candelsticks from the dinner service of Frederick the Great - image-2

Lot 29 Dα

A pair of Berlin silver candelsticks from the dinner service of Frederick the Great

Auction 1105 - overview Berlin
21.04.2018, 11:00 - Prussia I
Estimate: 40.000 € - 60.000 €
Result: 47.120 € (incl. premium)
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A pair of Berlin silver candelsticks from the dinner service of Frederick the Great

Slightly domed octagonal bases with concave centres. Baluster-form shafts with octagonal drip-pans and cylindrical nozzles, the shafts monogrammed "FR" beneath the Prussian crown to the lower section. Engraved with weights by the royal silver chamber "15 3/4" and "1 Mark. 1 7/8 Lth.". H 14.5 cm, weight 508 g.
Marks of Christian Lieberkühn the Younger, 1746/47.

This pair of candlesticks were part of the "Neues Silber Service" commissioned from Lieberkühn by Frederick II after the end of the Second Silesian War. The service, for which multiple subsequent orders were made, originally comprised 50 to 60 place settings, each of which included a small candlestick.

Literature

Cf. a candlestick from this series illus. in cat.: Kaiserliches Gold und Silber, Schätze der Hohenzollern aus dem Schloß Huis Doorn, Berlin 1985, S.73f., Cat. no. 56. Cf. also items from this service illus. in cat.: Kronschatz und Silberkammer der Hohenzollern, Berlin/Munich 2010, cat. no. 30.