Candlestick
Artist/Maker
DatesMade: Made about 1715
Material / Technique
Dimensionsh x diam: Mått 23,7 x 15,5 cm mass: Vikt 944,6 g
Inventory numberNMK 166/1981
AcqusitionPurchased 1981 from Auktionsverk's quality auction
Other titlesTitle (sv): Ljusstake Title (en): Candlestick
DescriptionDescription: European Silver 1500–1850, Nationalmuseum 2011, cat nr 56: Heraldry: Mark with the coat of arms of the Sparre family and engraved impaled coats of arms of Erik Sparre (1665–1726) and Christina Beata Lillie (1677–1727). The Sparre coat of arms is also marked. Comments: Candlesticks, a pair (NMK 165-166/1981). Unmarked. Non-original nozzles with the maker’s mark of Arvid Floberg (active 1763–1802), Stockholm, 1773. Purchased together with a similar pair of candlesticks (NMK 163-164/1981) with the maker’s mark of Claude Ballin in Paris 1714–1715.
Collection
Geographical origin
TechniqueCast, Applied art, Embossed