A large Dresden silver sugar box
A large Dresden silver sugar box
Fluted bombé-form oval box with corresponding hinged cover engraved with the coat of arms of the von Beschwitz family. With the original lock and key. Gilt interior. H 11.5; W 20.5; D 15.5 cm, weight 768 g.
Marks of Paul Ingermann, 1736.
Provenance
Kunsthandel Dr Helmut Seling 1986; West German private collection.
Literature
Paul Ingermann held the title of court silver worker under Augustus the Strong from as early as 1728. He was the owner of the house "An der Frauenkirche 9" until his death. Cf. Ulli Arnold, Dresdner Hofsilber des 18. Jahrhunderts, publication of the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Berlin/Dresden 1994, p. 31, and, on the maker's mark, p. 51.
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A large Dresden silver sugar box
Fluted bombé-form oval box with corresponding hinged cover engraved with the coat of arms of the von Beschwitz family. With the original lock and key. Gilt interior. H 11.5; W 20.5; D 15.5 cm, weight 768 g.
Marks of Paul Ingermann, 1736.
Provenance
Kunsthandel Dr Helmut Seling 1986; West German private collection.
Literature
Paul Ingermann held the title of court silver worker under Augustus the Strong from as early as 1728. He was the owner of the house "An der Frauenkirche 9" until his death. Cf. Ulli Arnold, Dresdner Hofsilber des 18. Jahrhunderts, publication of the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Berlin/Dresden 1994, p. 31, and, on the maker's mark, p. 51.
