Candlesticks

Koopman Rare Art, the internationally renowned London based antique silver dealer, is exhibiting at the prestigious Masterpiece London 2018 Art and Antiques Fair from 28 June to 4 July in the grounds of Royal Hospital Chelsea. Lewis Smith, Director of Koopman Rare Art, said: “Driven by the recent high demand for top quality antique silver we have managed to secure several great pieces for the upcoming season. A number are fresh to the market including some superlative Regency examples by Paul Storr (1771-1844) and Benjamin Smith... [Lire la suite]

A George III silver-gilt ‘Royal’ Presentation Tray, London, 1802, Maker’s mark of Joseph Preedy. Length: 66.75cm, 26.2in. Width: 44cm, 17.3in. Weight: 6,540g,210oz 4dwt. Asking price: £350,000. LONDON - Leading London silver dealers, Koopman Rare Art will once again be showing an outstanding selection of silver masterpieces and works of art at Masterpiece London 2016, from Thursday June 30 to Wednesday July 6, 2016. (Stand C29.  Highlights this year on the Koopman Rare Art stand include a stunning... [Lire la suite]

A fine and rare pair of doucai candlesticks, marks and period of Yongzheng. Estimate  1,000,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,250,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's. each with a slender cylindrical stem encircled by two bands of camellia blossoms with feathery leaves, supported on a stepped section with a square scroll all above a domed base with long slightly twisting lappets, the upper section with a wide pan with inturned rim, all decorated in soft pastel shades of enamels and underglaze-blue... [Lire la suite]

A pair of gilt copper and coral candlesticks, Trapani, 17th century. Estimate: € 20,000 / € 30,000. Photo Wannenes Art Auction. basic triangular section with volute feet, baluster stem, bobeche engraved cylindrical, surface and 'covered with coral branches cut quill, comma, rosette, a small sphere and foglia- wear, defects, some omissions and substitutions Alt. 48 cm, larg. 14.5 cm NoOur chandeliers are part of an important and critical selection of works on display in 2013 in Catania and Trapani on the... [Lire la suite]

A pair of French enamelled copper candle sticks, Limoges, 18th-19th century. Photo Nagel Auktionen Black opaque enamel polychromy overpainted with portraits, coat-of-arms and floral ornaments. - Minor damages due to age. H. 15 cm. Estimate 2500 € Nagel Auktionen. Sale 696, June 6th. http://www.auction.de

A pair of Spanish Baroque silver candlesticks, Barcelona, middle of 18th ct. Photo Nagel Auktionen Town mark, assay mark, maker's mark "IRL". Tog.c. 965g. H. 21,5 cm - Minor dents. Estimate 4000 € Literature: Vgl. Fernández, Alejandro; Munoa Roiz, Rafael; Rabasco, Jorge, 1985, Enciclopedia de la plata española y virreinal americana, ähnlich Nr. 92. Nagel Auktionen.  February 20th 2013. www.auction.de

Two Baroque silver candlesticks, Augsburg 1729/1745-47. Photo Nagel Auktionen Maker's marks: Ludwig Schneider, Salomon Dreyer. Tog.c. 745g. (probably weighted). - Damages due to age. H. 18 cm. Estimate 2500 € Nagel Auktionen. February 15th 2012. www.auction.de

Two rare silver candlesticks with the monogram of King Frederick II (The Great) of Prussia (reg. 1740-1786). Potsdam, middle of 18th ct. Photo Nagel Auktionen Maker's marks of the Muller family (probably Johan Jacob Muller or Christian Friedrich Muller). One marked "Muller" the other one marked "F.W.Muller". Hallmarks of Potsdam, one with assay master's mark "B", both with "12LO" standard marks. Tog.c. 497g. - Minor wear. H. 14,7/15 cm. Estimate 15 000 € Nagel Auktionen. February 15th 2012. www.auction.de

  A pair of Chinese porcelain ormolu-mounted two-light candlesticks, 19th century. Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The green and turquoise feathered parrots perched on pierced rockwork bases, mounted on ormolu stands with spiralling branches applied with flowerheads. 11 in. (28 cm.) high (2). Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 Christie's Interiors - & Spirit. 7 February 2012 London, South Kensington www.christies;com  

A pair of George II silver cast candlesticks, by Paul de Lamerie, London 1735. photo Bonhams the spool-shaped capitals with reeded band, the inverted baluster and knop stems with concave flutes to each side and lobes to shoulder, each terminating in a shaped square base with sunken well, height 17.6cm, weight 27.62oz. (2). Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000, € 17,000 - 23,000 - Unsold. A set of four George III silver Corinthian column candlesticks, maker's mark script TH or IH script, for detail of mark see A. Grimwade, numbers... [Lire la suite]