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Lot 55
PAIRE DE PIQUE-CIERGES EN CRISTAL DE ROCHE ET BRONZE DORE
ITALIE, LE CRISTAL DE ROCHE PROBABLEMENT DU XVIEME SIECLE ET LA MONTURE PLUS TARDIVE
Closed5 November 2014
Price Realised
EUR 22,500
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Specialist note
La paire de pique-cierges ici présente semble être constituée de cristal de roche du XVIème siècle qui a été monté plus tard, probablement à la fin du XIXème siècle. Cette pratique était répandue parmi les orfèvres, tel que le célèbre Reinhold Vasters (1827-1909), travaillant à Aix-la-Chapelle, dont les dessins pour une paire similaire de pique-cierges et des crucifix conservés au Metropolitan Museum de New York, ont été publiés en 1986 par Yvonne Hackenbroch ("Reinhold Vasters, Goldsmith" dans Metropolitan Museum Journal 19/20, pp. 202-203, figs. 76-78).
The present candlesticks appear to incorporate genuine 16th century rock crystal which has been later mounted, probably in the late 19th century. This was a known practice among goldsmiths such as the famous Reinhold Vasters (1827-1909), based in Aachen, whose designs for a similar pair of candlesticks and crucifix in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, were published in 1986 by Yvonne Hackenbroch ('Reinhold Vasters, Goldsmith' in the Metropolitan Museum Journal 19/20, pp. 202-203, figs. 76-78).
The present candlesticks appear to incorporate genuine 16th century rock crystal which has been later mounted, probably in the late 19th century. This was a known practice among goldsmiths such as the famous Reinhold Vasters (1827-1909), based in Aachen, whose designs for a similar pair of candlesticks and crucifix in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, were published in 1986 by Yvonne Hackenbroch ('Reinhold Vasters, Goldsmith' in the Metropolitan Museum Journal 19/20, pp. 202-203, figs. 76-78).