A Hamburg silver candlestick - image-1

Lot 751 Dα

A Hamburg silver candlestick

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.750 € (incl. premium)

A Hamburg silver candlestick

Silver. Square base with gadrooned rim and central hollow with lambrequin décor supporting a corresponding shaft with vase-shaped nozzle. Monogrammed “B.v.S.” to the underside and dated “8. December 1812”. Brands: BZ Hamburg, sly MZ Johann Wilhelm Heumann (1699 - 1715, see Schliemann No. 324). H 19.3 cm, weight 353 g.
Indistinct maker's mark of Johann Wilhelm Heumann, around 1700 – 1710.

Literature

An identical pair of candlesticks by Heumann illus. in: Schliemann 1985, illus. 449.