Engel an der Orgel, Wendt & Kühn, Grünhainichen im Erzgebirge, 20. Jh.
Angel at the organ, Wendt & Kühn, Grünhainichen in the Erzgebirge, 20th century
Erzgebirgische Holzschnitzkunst des traditionsreichsten und bekanntesten Herstellers; Darstellung eines Engels an einer aufwendig gearbeiteten Orgel (ohne Musikwerk); der musizierende Engel sowie die beiden bekrönenden Engel sind abnehmbar (aufgesteckt); die beiden Kerzen schwenkbar; die Orgel passt auf die oberste Ebene des 4-stufigen und 6-stufigen Engelbergs; sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Altersspuren; Höhe: ca. 15 cm; Gewicht: ca. 260 g.
Erzgebirge woodcarving by the region’s most traditional and renowned manufacturer; depiction of an angel at a finely crafted organ (without musical movement); the playing angel and the two crowning angels are removable (plug-in); the two candles are movable; the organ fits the upper level of both the 4-tiered and 6-tiered “Engelberg” arrangement; very good condition with minimal age-related signs of wear; height: approx. 15 cm; weight: approx. 260 g.
800 silver; weight: approx. 205 g; small bowl with high wall and continuous applied festoon decoration, divided by four cartouches in two designs on the show side, and with a narrow profiled rim; underside with crescent and crown, maker’s mark, fineness mark; height: approx. 7 cm; age-related signs of wear and surface discoloration.
Sterling silver; total weight: approx. 371 g (without glass liner: approx. 176 g); pair of condiment bowls on four claw feet with vertical walls in openwork design with bird and floral motifs and one cartouche each on the front, with corded rim and profiled lower edge; both with cobalt-blue oval glass liners; height: approx. 4.5 cm; pair of spoons with deep round bowl, narrow conical handle in the “Onslow pattern”; length: approx. 8.4 cm; all silver parts struck with lion passant, town mark, maker’s mark and date letter: bowls underside with date letter for 1919, spoons reverse of handle with date letter 1920; age-related signs of wear.
835 silver; weight: approx. 614 g; serving tray with six-lobed, slightly flared, profiled rim and finely engraved depiction of the estate “Dreizehnlinden” in the Bebelallee in Hamburg, above engraved an unidentified family crest, below in capital letters “Dreizehnlinden” and dated 27 December 1938; localized dark corrosion residues as well as age-related signs of wear; diameter: approx. 33 cm.
835 silver (filled); total weight: approx. 535 g; pair of candlesticks with wide profiled nozzle, recessed neck and broad bell-shaped base with continuous corded rim; with crescent and crown, fineness mark and maker’s mark; both with age-related signs of wear, one candlestick with a narrow line approx. 3 cm in length; height: approx. 7.3 cm.