418. Attributed to FREDRIC LUDVIG RUNG (Royal Court Chisel 1779, Master Belt Maker 1788), a pair of table chandeliers, high-class Gustavian work.

For three candles each, burnt gilt bronze and brass, trimmed with differently cut prisms in the form of drops, ovals, rhomboids and spikes, crowned by plume, center with cut glass obelisks, chains with prisms, crown ring with flared candle arms, straight candle pipes with fluted bands and beaded rod , drop bowls, skirts, base of urn-shaped cobalt-colored glass hung with chains, decor of beech feet on leaf ornamentation, plinth of carrara marble, height 78 cm LITTER CLOCK: Elsebeth Welander-Berggren: Porphyry - the royal stone, Stockholm 2016, page 57, no. 38 & page 59, no. 31, compares candlesticks and candelabra respectively by Fredric Ludvig Rung's models During the Gustavian era, some of the most high-class burnt-gilt objects ever were created. Domestic production was artisanal and in short series that were often unique commissioned works, while the output of the Parisian workshops was more extensive and of a more varied nature. In Sweden, the precious bronzes were reserved for the absolute top layer within the royal family and the high nobility. The costs of having burnished gilded objects made were high both financially and for those who performed the dangerous process of gilding with mercury.

Fredric Ludvig Rung, who during the Gustavian era was the foremost in bronze casting and burnt gilding, as a court chiseler had in principle the exclusive right to the manufacture of high-quality continental-class bronze mounts. In the aftermath of the completion of Stockholm Castle in the 1750s, several domestic occupational groups underwent rapid development. The large construction project with its craftsmen called in mainly from Paris created an excellent foundation for the refined Swedish craftsmanship that would be produced in Stockholm for just under a century. The beltmaker's son Fredric Ludvig Rung came through family relationships to advance within the court in addition to the guild compulsion and, with the support of the court inspector Jean Eric Rehn, received the appointment of court chiseler. After six years of study in Paris, Rung was under the strong influence of Pierre Gouthiér's workshop, and on his return to Sweden in 1787 was able to carry out several prestigious assignments for Gustav III. In addition, through his involvement in Elfdahl's Porphyry Works, which was accelerated by Gustav III, Rung had been able to supply the majority of the bronze mounts with which the porphyry objects were provided.