A Strasbourg silver gilt box and cover - image-1

Lot 738 Dα

A Strasbourg silver gilt box and cover

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 19.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 23.560 € (incl. premium)

A Strasbourg silver gilt box and cover

A Strasbourg silver gilt box and cover. Marks of Jean-Jacques Kirstein, 1789. H 15.5 cm, weight 738 g.

Provenance

Formerly the David David-Weill Collection, Paris.

Literature

Cf. the toilette garniture belonging to Imperial Countess Sophia Theresia v. d. Leyen, made in the same year and illus. in cat.: Vermeilleux!, Paris 2014, no. 77. For Kirstein, cf.: Cat. Deux siècles d'orfèvrerie à Strasbourg, Strasbourg 2004, with numerous illus.