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A Pair of Hamburg Rococo Candleholders, silver, round, façonné chased foot w/ animated drapery dé...

Currency:EUR Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:6,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR
A Pair of Hamburg Rococo Candleholders, silver, round, façonné chased foot w/ animated drapery dé...
A Pair of Hamburg Rococo Candleholders,
silver, round, façonné chased foot w/ animated drapery décor, baluster stem, vase-socket w/ animated drapery décor, wide drip-guard, engraved coat-of-arms, height: 22 cm, weight: 817 g, master's mark VH = Johann von Holten I. (Schliemann 431), Hamburg inspection mark of Johann Möller 1740-1767, (Lu)
EURO 6.000 - 7.000 US$ 6.000 - 7.000
A variety of works by Johann von Holter I. (1714-1790) have survived. From 1772 until his death in 1790, Von Holten held the position of alderman of the Hamburg silversmiths.
Lit.: Heinrich Schliemann (ed.), Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, vol.1-3, Hamburg 1985.