Pair of large Empire silver girandoles. High, faceted shaft over a foot edged on eight sides. Vase-shaped spout surrounded by sculpted fruit festoons. In a round eaves bowl with an openwork rim, a removable top with curved and scrolled arms and an ascending central shaft, each ending in a vase-shaped spout with a round eaves bowl with an openwork rim, surrounded by sculptural fruit festoons and crowned by a baluster insert. Marked, town mark, year letter N, war tax stamp, master probably Andreas Gottfried Petsch (becomes master 1800). Total weight approx. 2395 g. H. 47 cm. Cf. Hintze, Breslau, no. 42. A Wroclaw pair of Empire silver candelabras probably by Andreas Gottfried Petsch (master since 1800). City mark, year letter N, master's and tax mark. Silesia. Wroclaw. 1804 - 1813.