Dutch silver candlesticks
Johannes Schiotling
Amsterdam, 1774
858 grams; 25 cm high
These elegant asymmetrical candlesticks, chased with flowers and foliage rise from high domed, spreading bases bordered by c-scrolls and foliage. The detachable nozzles are moulded with foliage. Fully marked at the interior of the base, also marked with a crowned O for 1807.
This pair of candlesticks was presented at the exhibition ‘Johannes Schiotling, een Amsterdamse zilversmid ( 1730-1799) en zijn kring’ in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in 1976. During the Rococo period Johannes Schiotling often made use of flower and foliage motifs in his designs.
Provenance:
H.S. Wellby, London, 1973
Private collection, The Hague, 1977
Private collection
Literature:
Exhibition catalogue, Johannes Schiotling, een Amsterdamse Zilversmid (1730-1799) en zijn kring,Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1976-1977, cat. nr. 19
