A pair of cast iron candelabra after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel - image-1

Lot 160 Dα

A pair of cast iron candelabra after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.780 € (incl. premium)

A pair of cast iron candelabra after a design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Cast iron with chocolate brown patina, filled (possibly with plaster). Cast in several parts and screw-mounted. H 30 cm.
Attributed to Royal Berlin Iron Foundry, around 1825.

Provenance

Private collection, Potsdam.

Literature

Cf. Arenhövel, Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, cat. no. 341, for a design drawing of this " precious chandelier in the form of a chalice made of acanthus leaves". Arenhövel mentions a similar model that was cast in Ilsenburg.