Paire de bougeoirs en porcelaine de Meissen, circa 1735 ...
Paire de bougeoirs en porcelaine de Meissen, circa 1735
A pair of Meissen candlesticks, circa 1735
Each with a baluster section shaft on scrollwork tripod foot surmounted by a circular sconce, the shaft painted in underglaze-blue, enamels and gilding, with flowering branches and insects, the sconce with formal borders, the moulded edges and scroll feet embellished in gilding and iron-red, 26cm high, crossed swords mark and v in underglaze-blue to one, indistinctly in blue to the second, both with impressed Dreher's mark for Andreas Schiefer (2)
Provenance:
Dr. Fritz Mannheimer Collection, Amsterdam, sold Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 14-21 October 1952, lot 304 (part);
The Estate of Sarah Jane Sanford Pansa, sold Sotheby's New York, 8 November 1985, lot 100 (part)
See footnote to lot 19.
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
Paire de bougeoirs en porcelaine de Meissen, circa 1735
A pair of Meissen candlesticks, circa 1735
Each with a baluster section shaft on scrollwork tripod foot surmounted by a circular sconce, the shaft painted in underglaze-blue, enamels and gilding, with flowering branches and insects, the sconce with formal borders, the moulded edges and scroll feet embellished in gilding and iron-red, 26cm high, crossed swords mark and v in underglaze-blue to one, indistinctly in blue to the second, both with impressed Dreher's mark for Andreas Schiefer (2)
Provenance:
Dr. Fritz Mannheimer Collection, Amsterdam, sold Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 14-21 October 1952, lot 304 (part);
The Estate of Sarah Jane Sanford Pansa, sold Sotheby's New York, 8 November 1985, lot 100 (part)
See footnote to lot 19.