A pair of Royal Danish Baroque embossed silver candlesticks, octagonal baluster and knopped stem, four-sided dome-profiled base with retracted, round corners, engraved with crowned monogram CA for Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark. Maker Niels Johnsen, Copenhagen 1727. Weight 582 g. H. 18 cm. (2)
A pair of similar candlesticks with the Princess' identical monogram, made by maker Nicolai Iunge in Copenhagen 1727, are privately owned. They were acquired at Bruun Rasmussen auction 220 from Borreby Manor, 1968 no. 124. These mentioned and illustrated: Peder Gammeltoft et al., “Dansk Sølv i Fortid og Nutid”, Copenhagen 2020, vol. 1, pp. 290 and 292.
Provenance: Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark (1706–1782), daughter of King Frederik IV of Denmark. Later The Collection of Käthe & John Marsing.
Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark spent the summers at Charlottenlund Palace, which was named after her when she had it rebuilt in 1733. In the winters, she stayed at Christiansborg Palace. The present candlesticks therefore have been placed on one of the two palaces. The princess was unmarried, bequeathed her jewelery to the crown, and they are still part of the Danish crown jewels.