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Tortoiseshell casket

Lost Art-ID
623240
Artist / Creator
Saint-Germain, Joseph de
Place of activity
Paris
First mentioned
(um) 1720
Last mentioned
1750.07.31
Title
Tortoiseshell casket
Dating
1745/1749
Object type
Container
Group of reported objects
Crafts and other folk arts
Material / Technique
Tortoiseshell ; Metal (Bronze) ; Wood
Height
26.50 cm
Width
49.50 cm
Depth
24.50 cm
Inventory number
H-I 303
Description

Rectangular casket, tortoiseshell with brass inlays and rosewood (Boulle technique), gilt bronze.

Bronze volute: stamp: crowned C as an indication of Paris as the place of manufacture.

Lid: double monogram LL for Louis XV, King of France.

Body: label, marked tortoiseshell case with gilt bronzes/ France, 18th century/ sold by Hahn, Frankfurt, 27th August/ until 28th August 1940 ( removed, now archive Huelsmann).

Body: adhesive label, C.I.N.O.A./ International Art/ Treasures/ Exhibition/ Victoria & Albert/ Museum 1962/ EXHIBIT No. 427 ( removed, now Huelsmann archive).

Provenance

1745-49, Paris.

18th century Prince of Ligny, France.

Whereabouts unknown.

7/8 August 1940 Kunsthaus Hahn, Frankfurt am Main.

at least October 1961 Kunsthandlung F.K.A. Huelsmann, Hamburg.

1984 Bequest F.K.A./G.A.E. Huelsmann to the city of Bielefeld.

Since 1995 Location Museum Huelsmann, Bielefeld.

Literature / Source

Archiv Museum Huelsmann: Inventarkarte H-I 303 & Objektmappe einschließlich Restaurierungskonzept zu H-I 303, Ettikett: bez. Schildpattkassette mit Goldbronzen/ Frankreich, 18. Jahrhundert/ verst. bei Hahn, Frankfurt, 27.8./ bis 28.8.1940 Kassette, 2007; Klebeetikett: C.I.N.O.A./ International Art/ Treasures/ Exhibition/ Victoria & Albert/ Museum 1962/ EXHIBIT No. 427; Inventar 1985, II.2. Esszimmer: 24 e;

Fotoatelier J. Rheinländer: Neg. Nr. H/207, H/208 (jeweils datiert Juli-Okt. 1961).

Kat. Aukt. Hahn, 27.-28.8.1940, Nr. 492, Taf. 26 (Externer Link (letzter Zugriff: 30.07.2024).

Kat. Ausstell. London 1962, Nr. 427.

Wiewelhove, Hildegard, Prestel-Museumsführer- Kunstgewerbesammlung der Stadt Bielefeld /Stiftung Huelsmann, München u. a. 1999, S. 64 mit Abb.

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