A pair of Braunschweig silver spice boxes made for Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg - image-1
A pair of Braunschweig silver spice boxes made for Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg - image-2
A pair of Braunschweig silver spice boxes made for Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg - image-3
A pair of Braunschweig silver spice boxes made for Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg - image-1A pair of Braunschweig silver spice boxes made for Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg - image-2A pair of Braunschweig silver spice boxes made for Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg - image-3

Lot 738 Dα

A pair of Braunschweig silver spice boxes made for Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 4.000 € - 4.300 €
Result: 6.250 € (incl. premium)
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A pair of Braunschweig silver spice boxes made for Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Silver; gold-plated. Silver-gilt spice boxes, the interiors fitted with two separate compartments. With laurel sprig décor to the body and corresponding décor to the hinged lids surrounding conjoined crowned “CWF” monograms. Brands: MZ Johan Carl Hoffmann (1781 - 1830, Spies No. 626b), supplemented Augsburg BZ. H 3.4; W 9.2; D 7 cm, weight of each 169 g.
Maker's Mark of Johan Carl Hoffmann, around 1790, an added Augsburg hallmark.

Provenance

The Royal House of Hannover Sale, Sotheby's, Marienburg Palace, 5th - 15th October 2005, lot 1166; Private collection, Copenhagen.

Literature

Cf. further works by Hoffmann, illus. in: Spies 1996, nos. 401 - 417.