Pair of Biedermeier silver table candlesticks. Square plinth. Trumpet-shaped base surrounded by an ornamental band. Fluted, slightly bulbous shaft at the base, merging into a conical spout with removable eaves bowl. Below decorated with a wide band with palmette decoration. Marked by the master, probably Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Streuber (active from 1821), elder man's letter "B". Total weight approx. 580 g. H. 25 cm. Cf. Spies, vol. III, no. 668 b. A pair of Brunswick Biedermeier silver candlesticks by Friedrich Wilhelm Streuber (master since 1812). Assay marks and master's mark. German. Brunswick. Circa 1820.

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