A pair of silver pitchers made for the Princes of Thurn and Taxis
A pair of silver pitchers made for the Princes of Thurn and Taxis
Interior gilt. Comprising teapot and hot milk jug. Vase-form bodies with tall handles and hinged lids. Finely chased with Neoclassical decor and engraved with the coat-of-arms of Thurn and Taxis with an ermine cloak and princely crown. Engraved to the underside with inventory no. "5". H 20 cm, weight 626 and 387 g.
Marks of Johann Jakob Hermann Grabe, 1787 - 89.
Provenance
Purchased from Kunsthandel Helga Matzke, Grünwald; Private collection, Netherlands.
Literature
Cf. parts of an extensive service illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 742, 875, 901, 912.
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A pair of silver pitchers made for the Princes of Thurn and Taxis
Interior gilt. Comprising teapot and hot milk jug. Vase-form bodies with tall handles and hinged lids. Finely chased with Neoclassical decor and engraved with the coat-of-arms of Thurn and Taxis with an ermine cloak and princely crown. Engraved to the underside with inventory no. "5". H 20 cm, weight 626 and 387 g.
Marks of Johann Jakob Hermann Grabe, 1787 - 89.
Provenance
Purchased from Kunsthandel Helga Matzke, Grünwald; Private collection, Netherlands.
Literature
Cf. parts of an extensive service illus. in: Seling 1980, no. 742, 875, 901, 912.
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