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Lot 791 Dα

A large Copenhagen silver sugar box

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 6.000 € - 7.000 €
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A large Copenhagen silver sugar box

Parcel gilt oval silver box on four curved supports. Decorated with shellwork and twist fluting, four portrait medallions to the lid. H 11; W 19.5; D 14.5 cm, weight 768 g.
Marks of Nicolai Langermann, 1750.

Langermann collaborated with the royal court supplier Fabritius. Today, his works can be found in the Danish national museum and the royal silver chamber in Rosenborg Palace in Copenhagen, among many other collections.

Provenance

Private collection, Copenhagen.

Literature

Cf. a coffee pot in a private collection and a teapot in the Davids collection, Copenhagen, illus. in: Boesen/Bøje, Gammelt Dansk Sølv, Copenhagen 1948, no. 111, 138.