Candelabrum, given to captain Cornelis Schrijver, The candelabra consist of a candlestick and an attachment with three hinged arms. The profiled, rejuvenating foot is octagonal in diameter, with alternating straight and wavy sides. In the flat top there is a round floor from which the top of the foot, also articulated by a ring, rises. The baluster-shaped trunk rests on it, standing on a widened convex foot. The trunk is also octagonal, the alternately straight and curved sides correspond to those of the foot. The vase-shaped, profiled candle holder is round in cross-section again. The constricted body of this is guided by a ring. The attachment fits into the candle holder, which consists of a hexagonal core with alternately straight and wavy sides, and three arms that are hinged to the straight sides of the core. The profiled core, which first expands and then rejuvenates, rests on a round, constricted foot and is crowned by a likewise round, multi-profiled button with a bell-shaped seal. The arms made up of two C-volutes are square in section. They are articulated by profiles and decorated with curling, stylized leaf leaves. They carry large fat traps with a raised edge, adorned with an imposed profile edge, above which rise the profiled, vase-shaped candle holders, the constricted body of which is threaded through a ring. On the upper part of the foot is a three-master engraved at sea under the monogram GWC, for the Generale Westindische Compagnie. Along the lower edge of the foot is the engraved inscription: The General patented West Indian Company did this Present to Mr. Capiteyn Cornelis Schrijver, for his Frequent Occupasien and done services to the Yourself 1737 beweese, Cornelis Schrijver, West India Company, Pieter Mouritz (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1738, silver (metal), h 37.5 cm × w 39.5 cm × d 39.5 cm w 13.8 cm × d 13.8 cm h 23.5 cm × w 1818 gr

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