Silver 13 Lot Pair of Austrian Biedermeier Candlesticks Franz Schiffer Vienna

Austrian finest Biedermeier silver pair of candlesticks
made 1846  

Very interesting Viennese silver pair of candlesticks of excellent manufacturing quality as well as of elegant appearance: Each of these candlesticks has surface which is decorated with wavy lines. Additionally, they are based on square-shaped as well as scalloped foot (the base is hollow at reverse side, not filled!). The candlesticks' stalk has bulgings at two areas / additionally, they have elegant grommets of overhanging type.
  

Made 1846 (Viennese Biedermeier period)
HALLMARKED SILVER 812.5 (SILVER 13 LOT):
branded by so-said Viennese Radl Punze - dated 1846 (well visible)
Master's characters existing: 'Schiffer'
It is Franz Schiffer: The silversmith had been born in 1800 in Essen (Germany) and died 1854 in Vienna. He received right of manufacturing in year 1827 / a bit later - in year 1832 - he became master. Schiffer's name is mentioned in guild's lists in period as from 1833 until 1854. He was assigned 'Gold-and Silversmith of Imperial Viennese Court' in year 1846.
Bibliography:
Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Silber / Viennese Silver 1781 - 1866, Vienna 2002, pages 158 and 227
  

Measures:
height: 22.0 cm / 8.66 inches
diameter: 11.5 cm / 4.52 inches (measured at base)

Total weight: 425 GRAMS / 14.96 oz / 13.66 troy ounces

Condition:
Excellent (there aren't any damages existing) / the spots visible on pictures derive only from flashlight