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Lot 762 Dα

A pair of Riga silver candlesticks

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
18.11.2022, 10:30 - Silver
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.788 € (incl. premium)

A pair of Riga silver candlesticks

Square bases with shellwork motifs at the angles supporting baluster-form shafts with separate drip pans. The bases monogrammed "V.v.H.". H 24.5 cm, weight 950 g.
Marks of Johann Christian Henck, 1768 - 1780.

Literature

Cf. an almost identical pair of candlesticks by Henck illus. in Ehrnrooth, Baltiv Silver, Espoo 1991, no. 204.