A Bavarian gilt bronze chamberlain's key - image-1

Lot 544 Dα

A Bavarian gilt bronze chamberlain's key

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.232 € (incl. premium)

A Bavarian gilt bronze chamberlain's key

With pierced initials of Maximilian Joseph I of Bavaria (1806 - 25) beneath the Bavarian royal crown. L 15 cm.
Ca. 1820.

Provenance

Reichsgraf Franz Anton von Pestalozza, royal Bavrian chamberlain (1784 - after 1860); subsequently in family ownership.

Literature

Illus. in: Wittwer, Kammerherrenschlüssel im Historischen Museum Basel, in: Weltkunst issue 12, 1997, illus. 4.