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Lot 1183 Dα

A Baltic silver tea caddy

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.500 € (incl. premium)
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A Baltic silver tea caddy

Oval scalloped vessel with rounded shoulders and slip lid. With a later engraving to the underside "Alexander von Freÿman", dated 1846. H 12 cm, weight 197 g.
Maker's mark "FS" presumably that of Friedrich Schwartz, active in Lemsal/Latvia, around 1730.

Literature

For more on the attribution of this maker's mark see E. Seuberlich, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Baltischen Goldschmiede, Riga 1913, p. 199, no. 94.