A DUTCH BRASS TWELVE-BRANCH CHANDELIER
PROBABLY PART LATE 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
The baluster stem issuing two tiers of scrolled branches with drip-pans, engraved with a coat-of-arms and inscription 'D:D: MICHAEL ET HELENA BRAGART CONIUGES / PRIMUS CLEROMONTIS ET HENRICI CAPPELLAE / SCABINUS DEO OPT MAX ET BEATISSIMIS / VIRGINI ET JOSEPHO ME DEDICAUERUNT / AO 1688 PAX EIS', lacking nozzles
48 in. (122 cm.) high; 51 in. (130 cm.) diameter
The inscription celebrates the marriage of Michael and Helena Bragart in 1688.
A DUTCH BRASS TWELVE-BRANCH CHANDELIER
PROBABLY PART LATE 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
The baluster stem issuing two tiers of scrolled branches with drip-pans, engraved with a coat-of-arms and inscription 'D:D: MICHAEL ET HELENA BRAGART CONIUGES / PRIMUS CLEROMONTIS ET HENRICI CAPPELLAE / SCABINUS DEO OPT MAX ET BEATISSIMIS / VIRGINI ET JOSEPHO ME DEDICAUERUNT / AO 1688 PAX EIS', lacking nozzles
48 in. (122 cm.) high; 51 in. (130 cm.) diameter
The inscription celebrates the marriage of Michael and Helena Bragart in 1688.