Set of 3 large candlesticks: The Three Wise Men. Meissen.

Molding 2005-2006. model year: 1903, model no. 79180-79182 (old mold no. T 197 a/b/c). Model from. KLEINHEMPEL, Erich(1874 Leipzig - 1947 Erbach)

Height: 52.5 cm.

Also known as the Three Wise Men from the East. Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar are depicted as a young boy, an adult man and an old man. Painted in color, gold painted, 5-flame brass mount. Incised marks, pressed marks, painter's marks, sword marks. One mount loose.

* Kleinhempel, architect, painter, illustrator, craftsman, designer, studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden, ran a private school in Dresden with his siblings Fritz and Gertrud from 1899. From 1912 director of the School of Arts and Crafts in Bremen, member of the Deutscher Werkbund * Meissen manufactory price: 20,970 euros. All lots with a limit (starting price) of at least €1,500 are checked against the Art Loss Register database.

Literature : Bergmann (2010) illustration no. 704-706.

Provenance : * Partner auction Bergmann, Kurt Adelsberger Collection, part 2.