NUREMBERG signed pair of brass bell-form candlesticks circa 1650

NUREMBERG MAKER- SIGNED BRASS
BELL-FORM CANDLESTICKS, an assembled pair
Signed candlesticks of this form and date are very rare.

Circa : 1650, German, Nuremberg
Height : 7-1/4” x diameter of base 5-3/4”
A
Maker mark : “G B” flanking a bishop with mitre
for maker Georg Bischoff
Condition : Solder repairs visible under the dome base, include base of screw stabilized, repairs to foot rim and beneath one near rectangular neat patch
B
Maker mark : “GERST” , in rectangular punch, struck on foot rim
Condition ; fine for type and age; one reinforcement visible under base

Fine mellow patina on both

See : Fennimore, D. page 186

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