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A North European Romanesque pewter candle
holder, 11th/12th century
Pricket candle holder on three feet made from
a heavily leaded pewter alloy. The base com-
posed of three sitting warrior figures with
Norman/Anglo-Saxon full-length mail shirts,
nasal helmets and aventails. Two figures with
raised swords, the third one with an axe. Sur-
mounting the group of figures a woman leading
a pinioned captive, holding a bird in her right
hand. The third figure is a man with a sword,
blowing a hunting horn. Slightly curved drip
pan with blossom-shaped decorations and
remnants of the iron pricket. Height 13 cm.
Candle holders of this type are proven by nu-
merous finds in the Netherlands, England,
North Germany and the whole Baltic Sea re-
gion, the production centres as yet unknown.
Another candle holder with a similar arrange-
ment of groups of figures is part of the collec-
tion at the Rijnsburg Cloister in South Holland.
The matching piece to this find was sold at
auction at Hermann Historica (auction 65, lot
551), for 12,000 Euros.
P
rovenance
:
Earth find in the historic city
centre of Bruges in 1977, since 1982 in the
consignor’s family.
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€ 9.000
3423
Großer Serpentinhumpen
mit Nürnberger Zinnmontierung,
Anfang 17. Jhdt.
Dünnwandig gedrechselter Korpus aus
schwärzlich-grünlichem Zöblitzer Serpentin.
Fein gearbeitete Zinnmontierung, der Kup-
peldeckel mit Scheibenknauf. Auf der Vor-
derseite des Deckels geschlagene Nürnberger
Meistermarke des Jörg Dost d.J. (Hintze II,
185), der ab 1597 als Zinngießermeister in
Nürnberg tätig war. Höhe 21,5 cm.
Seltener, früher Serpentinkrug in perfekter
Erhaltung.
230430
II +
€ 1.600
3424
Serpentinkrug mit Zinnmontierung,
Sachsen, um 1680
Gedrungener Humpen aus dunkelgrauem
Serpentin mit geschwungener Wandung.
Standring und Henkel aus Zinn, Deckel mit
Kugeldrücker. Lippe minimal bestoßen. Höhe
16 cm.
242247
II
€ 800
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