A brass three-flame chandelier
A brass three-flame chandelier
The pierced brass girdle surrounding a central glass bell hanging from three chains strung with glass prisms. H c. 67, D c. 44 cm.
19th C., after a model by the Berlin bronze manufacturers Werner & Mieth.
The prototype for this model, a larger chandelier with candles on the interior, hangs in the bedroom of Queen Louise in Charlottenburg Palace, another can be found in the Palace at Peacock Island.
Literature
Cf. Klappenbach, Kronleuchter des 17. bis 20. Jahrhunderts aus Messing, „bronze d’oré“, Zinkguss, Porzellan, Holz, Geweih, Bernstein und Glas, Berlin-Brandenburg-Regensburg 2019, cat. no. 35 f.
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A brass three-flame chandelier
The pierced brass girdle surrounding a central glass bell hanging from three chains strung with glass prisms. H c. 67, D c. 44 cm.
19th C., after a model by the Berlin bronze manufacturers Werner & Mieth.
The prototype for this model, a larger chandelier with candles on the interior, hangs in the bedroom of Queen Louise in Charlottenburg Palace, another can be found in the Palace at Peacock Island.
Literature
Cf. Klappenbach, Kronleuchter des 17. bis 20. Jahrhunderts aus Messing, „bronze d’oré“, Zinkguss, Porzellan, Holz, Geweih, Bernstein und Glas, Berlin-Brandenburg-Regensburg 2019, cat. no. 35 f.
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