1st mark; German-street, 10th September 1735
Charles Frederick Kandler arrived in London from his native Dresden in 1727. "No record of apprenticeship or freedom. The identity of this highly important maker remains a baffing mystery." said Arthur G. Grimwade in his book 'London Goldsmithss 1697-1837 Their Marks & Lives'. "The late Norman Penzer, when working on the subject of the great wine cistern by Kandler in the Hermitage, made considerable effort to uncover any clue to his origin but without success." Today we can know a little bit more but he is still deep enigma.
He is believed to have been a younger brother of Johann Joachim Kandler (Kändler) (1706-1775), the famous modeler at the Meissen Porcelain Manufacture. Johann Joachim Kändlerseems to have left the London scene in the mid-1730s, but his premises on Jermyn Street were taken over by his younger brother Charles Frederick Kandler.
His rococo pieces of the 1730s and early 1740s were inspirational to later generations of silversmiths and his work is often compared to that of Paul de Lamerie and George Wickes.
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SALVERS
LONDON 1731
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER SALTS
LONDON 1745
A GEORGE II SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
LONDON 1759
A SET OF FOUR LARGE GEORGE II SILVER TABLE CANDLESTICKS
LONDON 1749
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
LONDON 1763
A GEORGE II SILVER COFFEE POT
LONDON 1738
A GEORGE II SILVER EWER
LONDON 1727
A GEORGE II SILVER TWIN-ARM CANDELABRUM
LONDON 1748
A GEORGE II SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER
LONDON 1752
A GEORGE II SILVER KETTLE ON STAND
LONDON 1730
A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
LONDON 1734
