Carl David Schrödel Lot n° 418

Chandelier for Elector Friedrich August II of Saxony Silver. Round, profiled foot with central hollow; the baluster shaft with cylindrical spout. Engraved ligature monogram FA and inventory number 93 on the underside with the weight "1 Mr 2 lt. 3 q. 1 d." Marks: BZ Dresden, MZ Carl David Schrödel (1741 - 73, Rosenberg no. 1675, 1806), tremolier engraving. H 15.3 cm, weight 272 g. Dresden, Carl David Schrödel, around 1760. Pages 854 to 860 of the Silberkammer inventory of 1789 list "One hundred smooth round game candlesticks, marked with FA"; including no. 93 with the weight given in the engraving. Provenance Dutch private collection. Literature Cf. Arnold, Dresdner Hofsilber des 18. Jh., Berlin/Dresden 1994, p. 38 ff. with illustrations of the engraved monogram (here with electoral hat) and the weights and inventory numbers.