A pair of silver Régence candlesticks

152 - A pair of silver Régence candlesticks

Braunnau am Inn, Johannes Leonhard Timbler (died in 1742), circa 1715 Oberseite gravierter Régence-Dekor auf punziertem Fond. Konkav eingezogener, facettierter Silver, chased, embossed and engraved. In the Régence style, on stepped square bases with incurved corners. Rising to facetted and knopped baluster stems. The foots engraved with ornaments and flowers on stippled ground. Marked with assayer's mark and master's mark "LIT". Re-marked by the Linz assay office in 1806/07. die Stadtpfarrkirche in Pfarrkirchen und in Taubenbach. Von ihm ist eine Monstranz mit 17.5 cm high, 485 gr. Pfarrkirche von Polling (Oberösterreich) bekannt. Das Régence bezeichnet die Stilperiode, These candlesticks are decorated in the delicate Régence style, a restrained fashion for silver wares that emerged in France in the late 17th century. German goldsmiths quickly adopted the Régence style from Parisian ornament prints and produced elegant designs of their own. The candlesticks combine plain surfaces with delicately chased (hammered) and engraved Régence motifs: borders of strapwork (interlaced bands resembling leather straps), scrolls, fruits and lambrequins (draped cloths). The fine engraving and fine embossed floral ornament of the late Baroque are eventually superseded by the more abstract flat chased work of the Régence style.

Braunau am Inn, Johannes Leonhard Timbler (gest. 1742), um 1715

Catalogueprice: 6.000 - 10.000 €

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