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Otto Friedrich Johannsen German silver tureen and cover,
Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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Description
- silver
- 22cm, 8 6/8in, over handles
with flying scroll handles, the underside pricked with the initials ‘G.C.R.’ and scratch weight ‘45L 3qt:’, gilt interior
Provenance
Galarie Heinrich, Munich
Literature
Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 11
Dr. István Heller and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneider, article published in conjunction with TEFAF Maastricht 2003, pp. 16-21, Masterpieces of European Goldsmiths’ works 1560-1860, Couven Museum, Aachen, 2003, no. 8
Dr. István Heller and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneider, article published in conjunction with TEFAF Maastricht 2003, pp. 16-21, Masterpieces of European Goldsmiths’ works 1560-1860, Couven Museum, Aachen, 2003, no. 8
Catalogue Note
Otto Friedrich Johannsen was born in 1700. His father was a goldsmith in Preetz until 1737, when he moved to Kiel. Otto Friedrich took over his father's workshop, and married Anna Magdelena Schöel in 1729. He died on 6 November 1754.