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Lot 657 Dα

A pair of Antwerp silver candlesticks

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
19.05.2023, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Faience
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €

A pair of Antwerp silver candlesticks

Round, scalloped feet supporting twist fluted baluster-form shafts and vase-shaped nozzles with separately attached drip pans. H 23.5 cm, weight 743 g.
Marks of Joseph van der Borcht, 1767.

Literature

Cf. an identical pair of candlesticks by this maker in a Belgian private collection, illustrated the cat. Antwerps Huiszilver uit de 17e en 18e eeuw, Antwerp 1988, no. 124. On van der Borcht see also Baudouin et al, Edelsmeedkunst in Belgie, Tielt 1988, no. 205.