Silver & Objects of Vertu - 23rd October 2024
Lot 761
By Carl Krall, (Barkentin and Krall), a large Arts and Crafts silver and enamel altar candlestick,
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2142
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Description
By Carl Krall, (Barkentin and Krall), a large Arts and Crafts silver and enamel altar candlestick,
part-marked only, probably London 1911,
the cylindrical column with three knops, some traces of gilding, each with foliate decoration on green, red and blue enamel backgrounds, large circular tapering drip pan, with a central spike, on a raised triangular base with saint Irenaeus, Clement and Ignatius, and with blue, red and green enamel decoration, on three mask pad feet, the centre with a metal core, height 87cm.
Provenance: A Private Collection.
This candlestick is from an altar set made by Barkentin and Krall in 1911. This set was offered at Sotheby's in their Important English Furniture and Silver Sale, London 4 June 2008, lot 289.