A large Utrecht silver gilt monstrance - image-1
A large Utrecht silver gilt monstrance - image-2
A large Utrecht silver gilt monstrance - image-1A large Utrecht silver gilt monstrance - image-2

Lot 674 Dα

A large Utrecht silver gilt monstrance

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 8.000 € - 12.000 €

A large Utrecht silver gilt monstrance

Foot of hexagonal section with inswept sides. The node engraved "IHESUS" within roundels. The cylindrical expositorium set in a gothic architectural frame with engraved brickwork, finials, gargoyles and figures of saints. Crowned by a figure of the good s H 61 cm, weight 2,515 g.
Marks of Johannes Henricus Brom, 1901 - 15.

An almost identical monstrance by this master dated 1913 is kept in St. Josefs church in Zeist.

Literature

For more information on the Brom family of goldsmiths, cf.: De Kunstwerkplaatsen van Brom te Utrecht, Amsterdam 1910,