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Lot 357 Dα

A pair of metal candlesticks

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
17.05.2023, 14:00 - Furniture Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €

A pair of metal candlesticks

Polished copper alloy/bronze, wrought iron. The shafts interspersed with three compressed nodes and chased ridges. The prickets attached to the drip pans with three nails. Minor casting faults, one particularly noticable circular flaw around the base of the shaft. H 40.7 and 41.6 cm.
Attributed to Nuremberg, 16th C.

Literature

Cf. Mende, Die mittelalterlichen Bronzen im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg 2013, cat. no. 84 ff.