A Prussian cast iron candlestick commemorating Rosina Schlegelmilch - image-1

Lot 156 Dα

A Prussian cast iron candlestick commemorating Rosina Schlegelmilch

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 200 € - 300 €
Bid

A Prussian cast iron candlestick commemorating Rosina Schlegelmilch

Black fired cast iron with remnants of bronze and silver plating. Cast in several parts, the base engraved "IN MEMOR PIAE UXORIS ROSINAE E GENTE SCHLEGELMILCH. NAT: D. 27. DEC: A: 1761. DENAT: D. 10. NOV: A. 1832." The inner areal and nozzle presumably replaced, the filling of one fluted moulding lost. H 54.5 cm.
Prussia, 1832.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin.

Literature

Cf. cat. Aus einem Guss, Berlin 1988, cat. no. 1595.