FRIEDELL STERLING SILVER FUSCHIA CANDELABRA CENTERPIECE Start Price USD 48,480.00 Current Price USD 48,480.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 48,480.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, July 04, 2008 End Time Monday, July 14, 2008 Location VISIT LAUREN STANLEY FOR THE BEST SILVER! See more about 'FRIEDELL STERLING SILVER FUSCHIA CANDELABRA CENTERPIECE' Description Please visit our NEW ebay store and Lauren Stanley's NEW headquarters at249 E. 48th Street to view this item call Stan for an appointment 1-212-888-6732.                                 Being offered is a fine pair of circa 1937 sterling silver candelabra and a centerpiece by Clemens Friedell of Pasadena, CA,.  Total weight 142 oz.  Centerpiece has 'ACN' monogram. Marked as illustrated in photo. In excellent condition. Clemens Friedell was born in Gretna, LA in 1872.  He returned with his family to Vienna, Austria in 1875.  There he studied music and completed his apprenticeship as a silversmith.  He returned to the U.S. with his family in 1892.  The family bought a farm near San Antonio, Texas and Friedell could not find work as a silversmith and instead taught music. In 1901 he obtained a job with Gorham and moved to Providence, RI.  There he worked as a chaser producing Gorham's hand wrought Martele silver until 1908.  After varied means to make a living, he moved to Pasadena in 1911.  By 1912 Friedell established his reputation with the carriage trade.  Through the next 20 years he produced prize winning hand wrought pieces, much of the work on commission.  The Great Depression of the 1930's had no serious effect on him,  as enough wealthy Pasadenans and their friends remained to maintain a demand for his work.  Business remained lucrative throughout his career and he died in 1963, leaving no successor. Pair of Clemens Friedell Sterling Fuchsia Candelabra Circa 1937, marked "Sterling/Friedell Pasadena', hand hammered each with a spreading stem issuing a pair of J-form candlearms with central interchangeable candle nozzle and fuchsia spray, on a circular leaf-embossed base.  Each of the pair of candelabra can be used for 2 or 3 candles.  Variations to height 13.25 inches high x 12 inches wide. Total weight 74 oz. These were part of the Anna Clute Newcomb sterling silver table service. Clemens Friedell Fuchsia Centerpiece Circa 1937, the underside signed 'Made by Clemens Friedell Pasadena' and Sterling 925/1000', hand hammered, of waved oval form, centrally monogrammed 'ANC' decorated overall with removable foliate vines and fuchsia sprays, with pierced sprays to corners, over pierced cinquefoil feet.  Dimensions 7.5 inches high x 13.25 inches long x 10.25 inches wide. The centerpiece was part of the Anna Clute Newcomb Silver Table Service.   Total weight 68 oz. You are never sorry when you buy the best! Please email us at info@laurenstanley.com with any inquiries and with your name and postal address for upcoming exhibitions. Also, please click on the ME button above and learn more about us and American Silver. Visit Lauren Stanley at our new address 249 E.48th Street, New York, New York 10017 (212-888-6732) for the finest and largest collection of 19th & 20th Century American Silver -- but please call ahead, Stan may be out of the showroom plowing the north 40! If you do not have a feedback rating of 10 or over please contact us before bidding. SHIPPING INFORMATION: We ship EXCLUSIVELY U.P.S. and only to the U.S. unless we agree otherwise prior to close of the auction. Again, PLEASE NOTE, no shipments outside of United States. Shipping/Handling/Insurance charges within the United States are as follows: for items of value to $500 -- $15.00; $500.00 to $1,000.00 -- $25.00; $1,000.00 to $5,000.00 -- $40.00; above $5,000.00 please inquire. Add 8.65% sales tax for New York State residents. Payment must be made within ten (10) days unless otherwise agreed to. Payment may be made by personal check or thru PayPal. If paid thru paypal, we will only ship to confirmed, eligible Paypal addresses. Please ask about our new Layaway Plan before the close of the auction! And we are always looking to purchase 19th & 20th Century American Silver! Please visit our ebay ME page Please visit our auctions at laurenstanley2 Place a Bid!