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AN AMERICAN SILVER MUSICAL PRESENTATION TANKARD, J MAIER, PRESUMABLY NEW YORK, DATED 1858
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- marked on base J. MAIER COIN incuse.
- height 6 7/8 in.
- 17.5 cm
cover with an open score for Beethoven's 9th symphony below a lyre, the front engraved "To Carl Anschütz Esq., by the members of the GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION, as a testimonial of their esteem. June 27th & 28th 1858," gilt interior.
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, April 18, 2002, lot 460
Jonathan Trace, February 2003
Jonathan Trace, February 2003
Condition
small crease to lower body
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Carl or Karl Anschutz, musician, conductor, and composer, was born in Koblentz in 1813 and died in New York in 1870. After success conducting in Germany, Holland, and England, in 1857 he came to America with Ullman's Italian opera, and five years later founded the German opera in New York. Later, he was active in establishing the New York Conservatory of Music (Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography).
The event commemorated by this tankard, for the benefit of the German hospital, started on Sunday the 27th with a Grand Classical Concert at the Academy of Music, Anschutz and others conducting von Weber, Mozart, Schumann, Haydn, and Mayerbeer, plus a Beethoven Choral Symphony with over 300 voices; tickets were $1.00, .50, and .25. Monday the 28th was a "Grand Rural Festival and Musical Pic-nic" at Jones's Wood (the current site of Rockefeller University and Sotheby's), starting with a parade and ending with a Grand Ball at four o'clock.