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Lot 75
  • 75

Johann Daniel Schäffler I and Gottlieb Menzel German silver-gilt sugar box and stand

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • silver
  • the box, 11.5cm, 4 1/2 in wide; the stand, 18.1cm, 7 1/8 in wide
shaped oval, the engraved borders applied at intervals with profile medallions, both pieces also with inventory number VIII

Provenance

H. Seling, Munich

Literature

Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 91
Klaus Pechstein, ‘Schätze deutscher Goldschmiedekunst, Ergänzung zu den Ausstellungen in Lüneburg und Pforzheim’, Weltkunst, July 1993, pp.1657-1659, fig. 409
Klaus Pechstein, ‘Schätze deutscher Goldschmiedekunst, Ergänzung zu den Ausstellungen in Lüneburg und Pforzheim’, Weltkunst, July 1993, pp.1657-1659, fig. 410

Condition

In overall very good condition. Some scratches. Legible marks under body base, cover rim and on stand. Another mark stamped under base (VIII?). French later control mark on stand. Another later control mark on body neck. Very nice quality.
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