Lot 633: A SET OF TWELVE DUTCH SILVER CANDLESTICKS WITH A PAIR OF MATCHING THREE-LIGHT BRANCHES, MARK OF DIRK EVERT GRAVE, AMSTERDAM, SIX 1785, SIX 1786, THE BRANCHES, 1785

A SET OF TWELVE DUTCH SILVER CANDLESTICKS WITH A PAIR OF MATCHING THREE-LIGHT BRANCHES
MARK OF DIRK EVERT GRAVE, AMSTERDAM, SIX 1785, SIX 1786, THE BRANCHES, 1785
Each on partly fluted domed foot and with fluted tapering stem and vase-shaped socket with beaded and acanthus foliage border, the detachable branches each applied with laurel leaf swags centred by a vase with detachable flame finial,... read more

A SET OF TWELVE DUTCH SILVER CANDLESTICKS WITH A PAIR OF MATCHING THREE-LIGHT BRANCHES
MARK OF DIRK EVERT GRAVE, AMSTERDAM, SIX 1785, SIX 1786, THE BRANCHES, 1785
Each on partly fluted domed foot and with fluted tapering stem and vase-shaped socket with beaded and acanthus foliage border, the detachable branches each applied with laurel leaf swags centred by a vase with detachable flame finial, the stems each applied with a coat-of-arms beneath a coronet, marked on base
the candlesticks 11 ¾ in. (30 cm.); the branches 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
356 oz. 12 dwt. (11093,5 gr.)
The arms are those of Lewe accollé with those of Alberda of Groningen, as borne by Gerhard Lewe (1751-1793) of Groningen and his wife Josina Petronella (1751-1828), daughter of Unico Evert Alberda, of Vennebroek and Nyenstein Castle. They were married in 1775. Gerhard Lewe is recorded as a member of the board of the Ommelanden in 1781. In 1805, Josina Petronella Lewe purchased the castle at Nyenstein, near Zandeweer, a property which had formerly belonging to her father. The coats-of-arms and genealogies of these families are recorded in Nederland's Adelsboek, The Hague, 1998, pp. 51 and 209.
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