The Wellby Collection

Candlestick

Christian Hornung, possibly (active 1680 - 1696)

silver

1690 - 1695

18.6 cm height

Inscription/Mark: 'FR' conjoined (maker's mark?) (struck on the foot)
Inscription/Mark: unclear mark (maker's mark?) (struck on the foot)
Inscription/Mark: '12G'; later control mark (struck on the foot)
Inscription/Mark: pinecone for Augsburg, apparently above an A (Seling, p. 22, no. 147; for 1690-95) (struck on the foot)

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Place of Creation: Augsburg

WA2013.1.309.2

Candlestick, silver. The stem is formed as a male figure looking upwards; he perhaps once held something in his right hand. Gadrooning to socket and base. Engraved beneath the foot: 'M.I.V.K.'. One of a pair with WA2013.1.309.1.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.