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Lot 752 Dα

A silver candlestick from the Dresden court silver collection

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
15.05.2018, 17:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 8.060 € (incl. premium)
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A silver candlestick from the Dresden court silver collection

Round moulded foot, baluster-form shaft and cylindrical nozzle. Engraved monogram "FA", inventory no. 100 and weight information "! Mr: 1 lt. 2qs. 1d" to the underside. H 14.5 cm, weight 254 g.
Dresden, marks of Carl David Schrödel, ca. 1770.

This candlestick belongs to a series of six silver services which O'Byrn recorded as belonging to the inventory of the Dresden court silver collection in 1880. On page 148 of his notes, he mentions "124 smooth facetted table candlesticks, inscribed (FA), monogrammed "C.D.S." A set of 12 is still kept in the collection of the Grünes Gewölbe in Dresden.

Literature

Cf. Arnold, Dresdner Hofsilber des 18. Jh.,Berlin/Dresden 1994, p. 38 ff. with illustrations of the engraved monogram (here with electoral crown), weights, and inventory nos.