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Gold can
Lost Art-ID
583144
Artist / Creator
Title
Gold can
Place of manufacture
Paris
Dating
1785/1800
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Gold) / goldwork
Height
3.20 cm
Width
8.70 cm
Depth
4.70 cm
Description
Miniature box with hinged lid; box with portrait miniature in gold à deux Couleurs, high, oval form; base and hinged lid framed by a border of white enamel stripes, greenish gold dots and green translucent enamel leaves; the enclosed field guilloched and decorated with punched circles; the wall is divided into four guilloched and hallmarked fields, separated by pilaster-shaped intermediate pieces with green enamel rings and gold dots; inside there are blurred marks (the crowned lily of the Parisian goldsmiths can be seen); on the fold of the wall there are Austrian "F" hallmarks from 1806 (R3 7880)
3/7 from a bundle of gold cans
Provenance
Heinrich Ueberall, Berlin (died 1939 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp); approx. end of 1920/30s as loan security to Dresdner Bank; 1935 purchase contract between Dresdner Bank and the State of Prussia, National Museums in Berlin, Schlossmuseum (Inv. No. 35/166-172); June 1937 auction Julius Böhler, lot 306; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Versteigerungskatalog Julius Böhler, München, Kunstwerke aus dem Besitz der Staatlichen Museen Berlin (Ausstellung vom 12. bis 17. April 1937 und 19. bis 31. Mai 1937); Versteigerung am 1. und 2. Juni 1937, Los 306, Tafel 20
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Contact
Dr. phil. Irena Strelow, M.A.
Position
Provenienz-Recherchen / Historische Forschungen
Phone
+49 (0) 30 95 60 70 80
E-Mail
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