Rare pair of baroque brass bell chandeliers, very thinly turned. Tall base, sloping downwards with a strong bulge, closed at the top by a wide plate, merging into a multiple profiled baluster shaft with a cylindrical spout. Candlestick body accentuated by delicate profile lines. Partially restored; h. 20.5 cm. Cf. Otto A. Baumgärtel: Cat. Schätze der Nürnberger Rotschmiede, Nuremberg 2017, pp. 166-169, cat. nos. 54-58 (particularly similar: cat. no. 55 by Georg Bischof, master 1659). A pair of rare Nuremberg Baroque brass candlesticks. One restored. German. Nuremberg. 2nd half of the 17th century.

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