Candlestick: knight with dragon Candlestick: knight with dragon Candlestick: Knight with a Dragon, On the high-arched back of the dragon sits a little man between branches, whose swirling curls end in leaves. At the top, the rank work changes into a lobed fat trap with a candle pin. The grease trap is smooth on the bottom and engraved on the top with double lines. The neck resting on a reinforcement is turned so that the dragon head provided with two ears rests on the body of the animal. The tail is also formed by a head with two ears, as well as by two legs. The details are coarse. The back of the dragon has two openings, over which the branch work extends. On the inside of the back there are two remains of casting needles. The leg end was (at that time) reconfirmed with tin solder, tarragon (large fabulous serpent, sometimes with wings and legs), tarragon, anonymous, Hildesheim, c. 1200 - c. 1250, copper alloy, soldering, h 23.5 cm × w 19.0 cm × d 7.2 cm
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