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Lot 957 Dα

A pair of Augsburg silver candelabra

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 5.000 € (incl. premium)

A pair of Augsburg silver candelabra

Each on a round scalloped base supporting baluster form shafts with shell motifs, strapwork and lambrequins. The vase shaped nozzles with conforming decor and gadrooned rims. With remnants of gilding. H 22 cm, total weight 1,044 g.
Marks of Albrecht Biller and Johann II Pepfenhauser, 1707 - 11.

Provenance

Fischer-Böhler art dealers, Munich 1974.

Literature

Cf. a pair of candelabra by Pepfenhauser illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 817. A fire screen by Biller made circa 1710 in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, illus. in cat.: Silber und Gold II, Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Munich 1994, no. 140.