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Lot 956a Dα

Twelve jars from the travel pharmacy of Frederick of Sweden. Unmarked, Sweden or Germany, 1720 - 50.

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 15.000 € - 18.000 €
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Twelve jars from the travel pharmacy of Frederick of Sweden. Unmarked, Sweden or Germany, 1720 - 50.

The nine larger jars bearing King Frederick I's monogram and crowned coat of arms, all lids engraved in Latin with their contents. H 4.3 - 5.5 cm; total weight 872 g.

After a short marriage to Princess Luise of Prussia, Crown Prince Frederick of Hessen-Kassel (1676 - 1751) married the Swedish Princess Ulrike Eleonore in 1715 who was elected as Queen of Sweden in 1719. After her resignation he was crowned King Frederick I of Sweden in Stockholm in 1720 and simultaneously bore the title Landgraf of Hessen-Kassel as of 1730.

Provenance

King Frederick of Sweden; 1980 Maria Dietrich and Mimi tho Rahde art dealers, Munich; Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.