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Lot 1019 Dα

An exceptional pair of Augsburg silver gilt candelabra

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 50.000 € - 60.000 €
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An exceptional pair of Augsburg silver gilt candelabra

Round bases supporting smooth tapering shafts terminating in capitals with finely chased acanthus foliage and central screw-mounted six-flame branch attachments crowned by busts of Minerva. H 58.5 cm, weight 4,783 g.
Marks of Johann Alois Seethaler and Friedrich Ernst Dassdorf, 1824/25.

Johann Alois Seethaler received numerous court commissions in the first few years of the 19th century, including for the Dukes of Mecklenburg, the silver chamber of King Max I Joseph of Bavaria and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. See cat. Silber und Gold, Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Munich 1994, p. 125 f. On Seethaler's role as a goldsmith and dealer, see also Wallenta, Kleine Geschichte der Goldschmiedestadt Augsburg, Mering 2017, p. 74.

Literature

Cf. a pair of candlesticks by Seethaler in the Germanisches Nationalmuseums, illus. in cat. Deutsche Goldschmiedekunst vom 15. zum 20. Jahrhundert, Berlin 1987, no. 125.