A pair of Austrian Royal, Two-armed silver candelabras, marks of lgnaz Joseph Würth, Vienna 1779.

Two-armed candelabra with a column shape on a round base. Curved candle arms, leaf decor and urn-shaped knob. Two-part and both parts with marks. Engraved 7 and 4 underneath. Height 36 cm each. Total weight 2515 g.

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Compare a pair of three-armed candelabra by the same master sold at Bukowskis in 2023, auction 653, cat. no. 250, which previously belonged to the Danish royal collections and was inherited by King Frederik VIII's daughter, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878-1958), who was married to Prince Carl of Sweden (1861-1951). The candelabra from the auction were made in the same year and are of identical appearance, and they have similar numbering underneath. From this, one can conclude that the candelabra from the auction formed part of a larger delivery to the Danish court, as the numbering 4 and 7 suggests.

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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.

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