Fine Empire silver girandole. 1- or 3-flame; trumpet-shaped stand with conical shaft and vase-shaped spout. Mountable top with crossed, curved and scrolled, narrow struts and central, ascending shaft, each ending in a wide eaves bowl and conical spout. The body of the candlestick surrounded by delicate engine-turned decoration. Marked 13 lot, hallmark, master Carl Blasius (became master in 1804), licence mark 1809/10, tax stamp from 1806. Weight approx. 955 g. H. 44.5 cm. Cf. Neuwirth, Wiener Silber 1781-1866, P 411 f.; Lanz/Schmid/Strahalm, Silber der österreich-ungarischen Monarchie, p. 20 f. A fine Vienna Empire one or three-light silver girandole by Carl Blasius (master since 1804). Standard mark 13 lot, assay and master's mark, tax marks. Austria. Vienna. 1807.