A pair of cast iron trophy candlesticks - image-1

Lot 173 Dα

A pair of cast iron trophy candlesticks

Auction 1127 - overview Berlin
06.04.2019, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €

A pair of cast iron trophy candlesticks

Cast in several parts and screw-mounted. The shafts designed as arrangements of weapons and armour, the nozzles formed as upturned helmets. Engraved "527" below, illegible caster's signature. One candlestick slightly warped. H 30.3 cm.
Attributed to Hanau, mid-19th C.

Literature

Cf. exhib. cat.: Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, p. 165, no. 347, illus. Here attributed to Gießerei E.G. Zimmermann, Hanau, the model to A.R. Seebaß.