A Neoclassical Vienna silver tea urn - image-1
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Lot 614 N‡α

A Neoclassical Vienna silver tea urn

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.400 € - 2.800 €
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A Neoclassical Vienna silver tea urn

Rounded tea urn resting on three winged lion-headed herms. The animal-headed spout with a small ivory handle, slip lid with laurel wreath finial. H 28 cm, weight 1,740 g.
Marks of Jakob Krautauer, 1818.

Jakob Krautauer (1772-1845) became a master in 1795 and is listed in guild records from 1801 - 1845. A partial halt in operations is recorded between 1836 - 1844. "His tax payments as of 1796 are unusually high, which speaks for a flourishing business." He exhibited at the first Vienna trade exhibition in 1835, and the second in 1839, where he was awarded a medal.

Provenance

Helmut Seling art dealers, Munich; collection of Klaus J. Jacobs.

Literature

Cf. a basket by Kratauer in the Kunstgwerbemuseum Budapest (IM 52.983), illus. in: Neuwirth: Wiener Silber. Namens- und Firmenpunzen 1781-1866, Vienna 2002, p. 70-71.