A tin medallion commemorating the German Campain - image-1
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Lot 168 Dα

A tin medallion commemorating the German Campain

Auction 1105 - overview Berlin
21.04.2018, 11:00 - Prussia I
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)
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A tin medallion commemorating the German Campain

Decorated to the front with a temple bearing the coats-of-arms of the nations united against Napoleon, to the reverse with allegories of Justitia, Minerva, and Concordia. Containing six round double-sided engravings with coloured battle scenes and six with texts. The interiors of the base and lid fitted with texts praising the rulers responsible for the Campain. In good condition with fresh colours; the glued connections partially loosened. Monogrammed to avers "St:", signed to reverse "Tho: Stettner". Diameter 5; H 0.6 cm.
Johann Thomas Stettner, after 1813.

The fine copperplates depict scenes from the battles of Lützen, Groß-Beeren, Leipzig, the surrender of Dresden, the siege of Würzburg, and the allies crossing the Rhine at Basel.

Provenance

Former collection of Emil M. Huennebeck, Rhineland.

Literature

For information on Stettner, cf.: Thieme-Becker 1992, vol. 32, p. 18 f.

Exhibitions

Ein rheinischer Silberschatz, Schmuck und Gerät aus Privatbesitz, Cologne, May - July 1980, no. 458, illus. p. 315.