A set of six Berlin silver plates made for Duke Leopold IV Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau. Monogrammed "L" beneath a Ducal crown to the rim. Marks of Johann George Hossauer, ca. 1850. - image-1
A set of six Berlin silver plates made for Duke Leopold IV Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau. Monogrammed "L" beneath a Ducal crown to the rim. Marks of Johann George Hossauer, ca. 1850. - image-2
A set of six Berlin silver plates made for Duke Leopold IV Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau. Monogrammed "L" beneath a Ducal crown to the rim. Marks of Johann George Hossauer, ca. 1850. - image-1A set of six Berlin silver plates made for Duke Leopold IV Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau. Monogrammed "L" beneath a Ducal crown to the rim. Marks of Johann George Hossauer, ca. 1850. - image-2

Lot 224 Dα

A set of six Berlin silver plates made for Duke Leopold IV Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau. Monogrammed "L" beneath a Ducal crown to the rim. Marks of Johann George Hossauer, ca. 1850.

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 4.000 € - 4.500 €
Result: 6.820 € (incl. premium)

A set of six Berlin silver plates made for Duke Leopold IV Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau. Monogrammed "L" beneath a Ducal crown to the rim. Marks of Johann George Hossauer, ca. 1850.

Diameter 25 cm, total weight 3280 g.

Provenance

From the estate of Leopold Friedrich's great granddaughter Princess Antoinette Anna zu Schaumburg-Lippe, née Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (1885 - 1963).

Literature

Cf. a pair of gravy boats from the same service, illus. in: Jonas, Gold und Silber für den König, Berlin 1998, illus. 19.