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Small beaker
Lost Art-ID
208628
Artist / Creator
Priester, Johann Jakob (2)
Death
(vor) 1762.04.06
Place of activity
Augsburg
First mentioned
1709
Artist / Creator
Adam, Elias
Birth
(um) 1669, Züllichau
Death
1745, Augsburg
Place of activity
Augsburg
Title
Small beaker
Dating
1712/13
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) ; Enamel / gilded
Height
5.00 cm
Diameter
4.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 370
Description
One of six small conical beakers, with enamel painting by J. J. Priester, depicting the Labours of the Month (signed "J. J. Priester. Pin."); belongs to Ahv 366.
Provenance
Gifted by the Russian tsarina Catherine II to duchess Auguste of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; her grandson duke Ernest II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha then gave the teapot and several pieces from other sets to the Ducal Museum in 1878. [...]. Two of the beakers were offered by the Würzburg art dealer H.P.Lockner jr. at the Berlin Orangerie in 1987; in 1993 the beakers were offered by the art and auction house Dr. Fischer in Heilbronn.
Literature / Source
Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, Goldschmiedsarbeit Nr. 370
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Ronny Licht
Position
Provenienzforscher
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 329
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