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Candlesticks - maker Cruz, possibly Darmstadt?
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 5:46 am
by EmmaW
Hi all
I would really appreciate some help with the candlestick below (one of a pair). The lion looks to me like the Darmstadt mark but could perhaps be Brunswick. As for the maker I have been unable to find anything. Any thoughts will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance
Emma
Re: Candlesticks - maker Cruz, possibly Darmstadt?
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:48 pm
by Theoderich
is there a larger image of the hallmarks?
Re: Candlesticks - maker Cruz, possibly Darmstadt?
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:59 pm
by joho
Hi Emma - I think your candlesticks may be Spanish rather than German. Cordoba circa 1780. Antonio Santa Cruz. Possibly the administrator could move this to Other Countries. John
Re: Candlesticks - maker Cruz, possibly Darmstadt?
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:45 pm
by ovo
Indeed, these hallmarks are Spanish.
The rampant lion is the mark of the city of Cordoba. The name cruz is a marker´s mark, Antonio Jose Santa Cruz.
Hallmarks like those featured in the book MARCAS DE LA PLATA ESPAÑOLA Y VIRREINAL. Editorial Antiquaria, pages 37 & 38
Re: Candlesticks - maker Cruz, possibly Darmstadt?
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:30 am
by EmmaW
Dear Ovo and Joho
Thank you so much for your help. Ovo is there any chance you could load a copy of the page in the book where you found the marks? It would be much appreciated.
Regards
Emma