Various makers German, Austrian and Hungarian silver

Comprising: a silver jug, Stephan Mayerhofer & Carl Klinkosch, Vienna, date letter illegible, circa 1844-1851, applied with the arms of Wittnauer of Neufchâtel, 21cm, 8 1/4 in high ; an silver sweetmeat dish, Friedrich Rothe, Vienna, 1846,  20cm, 7 7/8 in diameter ; another sweetmeat dish with glass liner, Josef Pleyer, Germany, circa 1900, 13cm, 5 1/8 in over handles ; a pair of silver baskets with gilt interior, Bruckmann & Söhne, Heilbronn, circa 1900, retailed by JB Firmanns, 32cm, 14 1/2 in wide ; a silver pendant spectacle case, Theodor Heiden, Munich, circa 1900, velvet lined, 15cm, 6in long ; a silver table spoon, Carl Buday, Gyulafehérvár (Karlsburg), circa 1830 ; a silver table spoon, fiddle thread pattern, Johann Christoph Eckart, Ausgburg, 1741-1743

Exh. Cat. Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, 2004, no. 203A
Exh. Cat. Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, 2011, no.126B, no. 199C, no. 200D, no. 212, no. 213 & no. 214
Klaus Pechstein, ‘Schätze deutscher Goldschmiedekunst, Ergänzung zu den Ausstellungen in Hanau’, Weltkunst, December 1992, pp. 3523-3525, fig. 393 & 394

Johann Christoph Eckart was born around 1708 in Grimma, near Leipzig. He was educated in Naumburg, and was an apprentice in Augsburg for 12 years. He became a master goldsmith and citizen of Augsburg in 1741, and married Maria Elisabeth Eisenkramer the same year. He died on 20 March 1766.