A pair of Austrian Royal, Three-armed silver candelabras, marks of lgnaz Joseph Würth, Vienna 1779.
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Two-part and both parts with marks. Engraved underneath 1 and 2. Height 37 cm. Total weight 2980 grams.
Provenance
Danish Royal collections, inherited by King Frederick VIII's daughter, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878-1958), who was married to Prince Carl of Sweden (1861-1951).
Purchased from him on December 15, 1913, by Carl Robert Lamm (1856-1938), his collection number 2460. Thence by decent and sold at Bukowskis auction in 1973, A392, lot 863. Collection Heidi Boyce Broström (1939-2022), widow of shipowner Dan-Axel Broström (1915-1976).
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Ignaz Joseph Würth
Ignaz Joseph Würth (b. 1742) was the son of silversmith Johann Joseph Würth (d.1767) and took over the workshop in 1769 after his father’s death. He became a master in 1770. Other members of the Würth family include his uncle, Frans Caspar Würth who created the First Sachsen-Teschen Service, and Frans Zaver Würth, a medalist. The workshop also supplied Emperor Joseph II, the Danish Royal Court, and pieces such as a pair of gilt-bronze vases and pedestals, sent by Maria Theresa to her daughter Marie Antoinette at Versailles in 1780 (W. Koeppe, Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Service Residcovered, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York, 2010, p. 22, cat no. 6.