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Lot 710 Dα

A museum quality Augsburg silver travel dining set

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 12.000 € - 14.000 €
Result: 23.125 € (incl. premium)
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A museum quality Augsburg silver travel dining set

Silber; vergoldet. A silver gilt garniture consisting of a beaker, egg cup, spice box, knife, fork, spoon, and marrow spoon. All pieces of considerable weight and particularly fine décor with chased trelliswork and lambrequins. The cutlery items all with depictions of Oriental figures, the corresponding spice box with two inner compartments with hinged lids. In its fitted leather casket with velvet lining. Brands: BZ Augsburg for 1734 - 36, MZ Johann Ludwig II Biller (1721 - 46, Seling No. 1740, 2133), Prague tax stamp of 1806/07, franking of 1809. H of beaker 5 cm, weight 105 g, weight of silver without knives 512 g.
Marks of Johann Ludwig II Biller, 1734 – 36.

Provenance

French private collection.

Literature

Cf. works by Billers in the gold service for Tzarina Anna Ioannova illus. in cat.: Silber und Gold, Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Munich 1994, no. 121.