A pair of Swedish early 18th century silver candlesticks, mark of Johan Wilhelm Helleday, Stockholm 1710.
Initials. Height 20,5 cm, diameter 16 cm, total weight 1.096 grams.
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Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Possibly in the collections of Ericsberg, bought in by the great collector Carl Jedvard Bonde (1813-1895).
By 1929 in Falk Simon´s (1874-1957) collections.
Thereafter in a private collection
sold at Bukowskis Höstauktion 1989, A469, lot 712
to the present owner.
Kirjallisuus
Svenska Hem i ord och bilder 1929, årg XVII, page 121 och beskrivna page 128, "med ett friherreligt Bondemonogram ingraverat".
Gustaf Munthe, Falk Simons silversamling, Stockholm 1938, katalognr 330, 331 (F.S. 99, 100) sid 181, plansch 104
Carl Hernmark m.fl, Stockholm 1943; Svenskt Silversmide, del II, page 66 and image 156.
Susann Silfverstolpe m.fl, Stockholm 2014; Silvergåvor från Sveriges regenter till Rysslands tsarer under 1600-talet, page 258.
Muut tiedot
The candlesticks in the sale are part of a set of four candlesticks, the other pair are engraved with a crowned SB and are now in the collections of the Swedish National Museum (NMK 40 & 41/1965).