A Gothic brass candlestick - image-1

Lot 724 Dα

A Gothic brass candlestick

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 6.875 € (incl. premium)

A Gothic brass candlestick

Three-flame engraved brass candle holder. Old soldered repair. H 21.2 cm.
Attributed to Nuremberg, second half 15th C.

Literature

An identical candlestick is housed in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg (inv. no. HG1092), illustrated in Mende, Die mittelalterlichen Bronzen im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg 2013, no. 91.
Cf. Also further identical two flame candlesticks in Lockner, Messing 15. - 17. Jahrhundert, Würzburg 1982, p. 169.