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Open Harz brass frog as honorary luminary. Probably Clausthal-Zellerfeld.
At the bottom and at the edge of the bracket stamped name "A. Knodel". 1871.
Brass casting. H/W/L: 14,7 x 12,7 x 17 cm (L without handle). B spout outside 5.5 cm.
Open pot with handle hole and rounded wick snout. Bolted Bügel with triangular shield; its upper edge bekrönt by 3 crosses. On the shield engraving: "Friedr Wiegand Ernst August Stollen 1871". Behind the shield inserted swivel with stylized acorn as a holder for the suspension hook. By means of a chain on the Bügel attached wick plate with riveted copper ornament.
A very similar candlestick is in the Oberharzer Bergwerksmuseum. A master locksmith Knodel, Klausthal, appears in the directory of the first exhibition of domestic industrial products organized by the Gewerbe-Verein für das Königreich Hannover, May 1835, Verl. Gebr. Jänecke, Hannover, p. 43, no. 595. He exhibited a hand sprayer there.
Literature : A similar candlestick in: Des Bergmanns Geleucht, Volume IV, 2nd edition, Verlag Glückauf, page 39, Figure II 1.8.
Call time 26th | Oct 2023 | expected 15:27 (CET)
Limit 280 €
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• Calling time: 26. | Oct 2023 | approximately 15:27 uhr
Hammer price 6000.00 €
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