Property Restituted to the Heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt
German, circa 1570-1580 | Pair of Salts
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December 5, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Property Restituted to the Heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt
German, circa 1570-1580
Pair of Salts
Two matching German silver-gilt salts, maker’s mark a housework with E, Augsburg and maker’s mark only MM conjoined in a heart-shaped surround, circa 1570-80, triangular, cast and chased with three naked demi-figures in scrolling foliage, stamped rims, cherub supports and central wells, the reverses initialled PFVA and with scratchweigts 6 1/4 Loth and 4 7/8 Loth, one additionally initialled WW, the other with coat of arms initialled ZGVSL
2.4 by 11cm., 1 by 4 3/8 in. and 2.2 by 10.5cm., 7/8 by 4 1/8 in.
with A S Drey, Munich;
Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin;
auction Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt-am-Main, June 23, 1936, lots 22 and 23, (sale due to persecution of above), sold RM 440;
Dr. Irmgard Freiin von Lemmers-Danforth (1892-1984), acquired at the above sale
City of Wetzlar, donated by the above 1963 and exhibited at the Palais Papius in the Sammlung der Europäischen Wohnkultur der Renaissance und des Barock;
Restituted by the above to the heirs of Jakob Goldschmidt, 2020
W. Koeppe, Die Lemmers-Danforth-Sammlung Wetzlar: Europäische Wohnkultur aus Renaissance und Barock, Heidelberg, 1992, pp. 482, no. GO a/b [one catalogued as Augsburg, circa 1600, and the other as late 19th century]