Description
A North German Brass Twelve-light Chandelier, 17th Century. The multi-baluster shaft issuing two graduated tiers of slot-on reel-knopped S-scroll branches; the candle cups pierced ejectors and screwing over drip pans. The stem surmounted by a bearded male figure, and terminating with a lion head finial bearing a ring in it’s mouth. Drilled for electric with repairs, 19” (48 cm) in length, 17¼” (44 cm) wide [Ex Christies].