A large Berlin Rococo parcel gilt silver ladle
A large Berlin Rococo parcel gilt silver ladle
Round fluted ladle with curved handle terminating in relief rocailles, finely engraved with fruiting grapevines below. L 37.5 cm, weight 327 g.
Marks of Hermann Neupert II, around 1770.
"Until the end of his long professional life, Neupert persistently adhered to the Rococo style that he had learnt in Berlin and which he mastered to perfection." (cat. Norder Silber, Norden 1997, p. 20). His elegant works can be found today in the Oldenburg State Museum and in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Provenance
Private collection, Rhineland.
Literature
Neupert took over the hallmark with the conjoined monogram "HN" in a shield from his father, Hermann Neupert I, who died in Norden in 1741, before he began using his own mark "NEU/PERT". Cf. Scheffler 1968, p. 960, no. 32a, and cat. Norder Silber, Norden 1997, p. 19, with an illustration of the mark.
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A large Berlin Rococo parcel gilt silver ladle
Round fluted ladle with curved handle terminating in relief rocailles, finely engraved with fruiting grapevines below. L 37.5 cm, weight 327 g.
Marks of Hermann Neupert II, around 1770.
"Until the end of his long professional life, Neupert persistently adhered to the Rococo style that he had learnt in Berlin and which he mastered to perfection." (cat. Norder Silber, Norden 1997, p. 20). His elegant works can be found today in the Oldenburg State Museum and in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Provenance
Private collection, Rhineland.
Literature
Neupert took over the hallmark with the conjoined monogram "HN" in a shield from his father, Hermann Neupert I, who died in Norden in 1741, before he began using his own mark "NEU/PERT". Cf. Scheffler 1968, p. 960, no. 32a, and cat. Norder Silber, Norden 1997, p. 19, with an illustration of the mark.
