Angel Candlestick
Figurative altar candlestick made of carved, painted, and partially gilded wood: a praying angel with folded hands and a golden robe stands on a rocaille-decorated base with an angel’s head. Above is a turned stem with a chalice-shaped spout and a toothed green glass drip tray. Probably Southern Germany/Alpine region, late 18th/early 19th century.
Height: 61 cm
Base width: 16 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Angel Chandelier
From an art historical perspective, the small head in the base is that of an angel or cherub in clouds. Such „angel heads“ have been a typical motif in church furnishings since the Baroque and Rococo periods: they mark the celestial sphere and make the object above it—in this case, the chandelier with the angel—seem to rise from a cloud or angelic glory. The head in the base thus emphasizes that the entire chandelier is to be understood as a bearer of divine light and iconographically belongs to the realm of angels and the afterlife.
This chandelier is a celestial object, as is this portal clock, signed „A. Olbrich in Vienna.“
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