A GERMAN ORMOLU, CUT AND BLUE GLASS TWELVE-LIGHT CHANDELIER, IN THE MANNER OF WERNER AND MIETH, BERLIN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Overall hung with drops and beads, each with corona suspending sprays and a lower tier with drops issuing scrolling branches with a faceted nozzle and drip-pan, the crown hung with further drops and set with a purple disc, fitted for electricity
66 in. (168 cm.) high, 38.5 in. (98 cm.) diameter

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 320.

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Lot Essay

This elegant chandelier resembles an example supplied by the Berlin firm of Werner & Mieth to the Winter Apartments of King Frederick William II at Schloss Charlottenburg in 1797 (see K. Klappenbach, Kronleuchter, Berlin, 2001, p. 251, cat. 59).
The firm of Werner & Mieth was founded in Berlin in 1792 and was given a Royal Appointment in 1794. They supplied chandeliers for the most important palaces in and around Berlin, including the Japanese Palace, Sans-Souci at Potsdam and Schloss Monbijou. In 1797, King Frederick William II ordered a number of chandeliers for Charlottenburg, of which six were for the Winter apartments and six for the Summer apartments. From around 1810, they became increasingly successful in exporting their wares throughout Europe, eventually collaborating with Karl Friedrich Schinkel under the name Werner & Neffen.