A pair of sconces after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel - image-1

Lot 206 Dα

A pair of sconces after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Auction 1217 - overview Berlin
22.04.2023, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 10.080 € (incl. premium)
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A pair of sconces after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Five-flame wall appliques made from bronze-plated and gilded wood chip paste on wooden core, zinc/lead, and iron. The nozzles fitted for electricity, with older wires, two breakages, some localised wear to the gilding, in need of restoration. H c. 40, W c. 40. D 25 cm.
Berlin, wood bronze factory of Carl August Mencke, around 1829 - 35.

Käthe Klappenbach mentions that Karl Friedrich Schinkel first used sconces made of wood bronze in 1816 for the dance hall in the palace of Prince August. The type shown here was probably originally intended for the palace of Prince Albrecht, which Schinkel renovated and refurbished as of 1829. The building was severely damaged in an air raid in November 1944, and the furnishings are considered lost.

Literature

For more on Mencke see Klappenbach, Kronleuchter des 17. bis 20. Jahrhunderts aus Messing, "bronze doré", Zinkguss, Porzellan, Holz, Geweih, Bernstein und Glas. Bestandskatalog der Kunstsammlungen Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg 2019, p. 188 f.
See also two identical twin-flame appliqes offered in Lempertz Berlin auction 1105 on 21st April 2018, lot 241.