A cast iron New Year's plaque inscribed "1838'" - image-1

Lot 203 Dα

A cast iron New Year's plaque inscribed "1838'"

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 300 € - 400 €
Result: 378 € (incl. premium)

A cast iron New Year's plaque inscribed "1838'"

With a depiction of the canopy over the "Schwedenstein" monument in Lützen. H 8.4, W 6.1 cm.
Royal Berlin Iron Foundry, 1838.

The canopy, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, was erected over the memorial stone commemorating the death of the Swedish King Gustav Adolf.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin.

Literature

Cf. Arenhövel, Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, cat. no. 35.