An Augsburg silver pitcher made for the Dukes of Mecklenburg Schwerin - image-1

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An Augsburg silver pitcher made for the Dukes of Mecklenburg Schwerin

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 5.208 € (incl. premium)
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An Augsburg silver pitcher made for the Dukes of Mecklenburg Schwerin

An Augsburg silver pitcher made for the Dukes of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Engraved to the display side with the large coat of arms of the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin with the Danish order of the Elephant and the Russian order of St. Andrew the first-called. Engraved with an inventory no. and weight to the underside "No. 3 / 8 mk 7 L 3 Q". Marks of Johann II Pepfenhauser, 1711 - 15. H 22 cm, weight 709 g.

The pitcher was presumably part of Duke Christian Ludwigs II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin's (1728 - 56) toilette garniture. He was awarded with the order of the elephant in 1749 and the order of St. Andrew in 1749.