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Lot 73
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Emanuel Josef Margold for H. Bahlsens Keks-Fabrik Biscuit box circa 1915

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Description

  • Biscuit box
  • the underside impressed with Bahlsen trade mark and prize details
  • 5.8cm. high by 20.2cm. wide by 11.9cm. deep;
  • 2 ¼ in., 8in., 4 ¾ in.
Base metal

Literature

Die Kunst, vol. 38, Munich, 1918, p. 273;

Company chronicle, Bahlsen 1889-1964, Hannover, 1964, p. 98;

Graziella Buccellati, Biscuits, Milan, 1982, p. 30;

Eugen Leitherer, Hans Wichmann, Reiz und Hülle, Gestaltete Warenverpackung des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1987, p. 174;

Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1990, p. 204, cat. no. 313.

Catalogue Note

The Bahlsen biscuit factory won numerous awards with this box by Margold, such as the Royal Prussian state medal during the world exhibition 1904, the Baltic exhibition in 1910 and the Royal medal in Malmö in 1914.