A silver screw-top medallion commemorating Frederick II's victories in the Silesian Wars, containing 39 copperplate engravings. - image-1

Lot 238 Dα

A silver screw-top medallion commemorating Frederick II's victories in the Silesian Wars, containing 39 copperplate engravings.

Auction 1030 - overview Berlin
24.05.2014, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.013 € (incl. premium)

A silver screw-top medallion commemorating Frederick II's victories in the Silesian Wars, containing 39 copperplate engravings.

The silver and engravings signed. The paper to the lid replaced, the engravings slightly faded, some of the joins between the folded paper engravings broken. H 1, diameter 5 cm.
The medallion made in Bern by Johann Melchior Mörikofer, 1759, the screw mounting by Jakob Langenbucher, Augsburg, the engravings made in Augsburg by Bartholomäus Hübner after drawings by G. Eichler, ca. 1760.

Literature

Cf. cat. Ein rheinischer Silberschatz, Cologne 1980, p. 314/315 no. 457. Thieme-Becker mentions further examples from Langenbucher's workshop being kept in the Maximilianmuseum in Augsburg and in the coin cabinet of the Munich Residenz (vol. 22, p. 331).