A rare Kempen silver interior gilt coffee pot. The handle and finial of ivory. Johann Leonhard Heinen, 1756 - 59. - image-1

Lot 78 D‡α

A rare Kempen silver interior gilt coffee pot. The handle and finial of ivory. Johann Leonhard Heinen, 1756 - 59.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 11:00 - Silver
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 5.580 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Kempen silver interior gilt coffee pot. The handle and finial of ivory. Johann Leonhard Heinen, 1756 - 59.

H 28 cm, weight 858 g.

Heinen is considered the most important silversmith in Kempen. His works are kept in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum in Krefeld, the Kölnisches Stadtmuseum in Cologne and the Städtisches Kramermuseum in Kempen.

Literature

For Heinen cf. Hermes, Gold- und Silberschmiede in Kempen, in: Heimatbuch des Kreises Viersen, Viersen 1981, p. 192 ff. Cf. also a set of spice containiners by this master, illus. in: Bemmann 1992, no. 273.