A Dresden silver candlestick made for Friedrich August II of Saxony - image-1
A Dresden silver candlestick made for Friedrich August II of Saxony - image-2
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Lot 418 Dα

A Dresden silver candlestick made for Friedrich August II of Saxony

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 11.340 € (incl. premium)
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A Dresden silver candlestick made for Friedrich August II of Saxony

Round, moulded base supporting a baluster-form shaft and cylindrical nozzle. Monogrammed "FA" and with inventory no. 93 and weight "1 Mr 2 lt. 3 q. 1 d." on the underside. H 15.3 cm, weight 272 g.
Marks of Carl David Schrödel, around 1760.

Pages 854 to 860 of the silver chamber inventory of 1789 list "One hundred smooth round candlesticks, marked with FA", including no. 93 with the weight given in the engraving.

Provenance

Dutch private collection.

Literature

Cf. Arnold, Dresdner Hofsilber des 18. Jh., Berlin/Dresden 1994, p. 38 ff for illustrations of the engraved monogram (here with electoral crown), weight and inventory numbers.