A courtly Magdeburg silver hairbrush - image-1
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Lot 531 Dα

A courtly Magdeburg silver hairbrush

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 700 €

A courtly Magdeburg silver hairbrush

Horsehair brush from a toilette service decorated with acanthus scrolls and monogrammed F beneath a ducal crown. L ca. 18.5 cm.
Marks of Johann Christoph Berns, circa 1760.

Literature

Scheffler mentions two sugar boxes with crowned F monograms from the same courtly service auctioned by Christie's in London in 1963 and 1964.