A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF AUGUSTIN PEISTER, BRESLAU, 1746-1758
Each on shaped oval base with knopped baluster stems and spool-shaped sockets, engraved with 'MJR' below a Royal crown, each marked under base, the base of each further marked with a later Prussian tax mark
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
10 oz. 11 dwt. (328 gr.)
The initials are probably those of Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757), wife of Augustus III, King of Poland (1696-1763). (2)
A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF AUGUSTIN PEISTER, BRESLAU, 1746-1758
Each on shaped oval base with knopped baluster stems and spool-shaped sockets, engraved with 'MJR' below a Royal crown, each marked under base, the base of each further marked with a later Prussian tax mark
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
10 oz. 11 dwt. (328 gr.)
The initials are probably those of Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757), wife of Augustus III, King of Poland (1696-1763). (2)
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