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A large Dresden silver sugar box

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.780 € (incl. premium)
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A large Dresden silver sugar box

Fluted bombé-form oval box with corresponding hinged cover engraved with the coat of arms of the von Beschwitz family. With the original lock and key. Gilt interior. H 11.5; W 20.5; D 15.5 cm, weight 768 g.
Marks of Paul Ingermann, 1736.

Provenance

Kunsthandel Dr Helmut Seling 1986; West German private collection.

Literature

Paul Ingermann held the title of court silver worker under Augustus the Strong from as early as 1728. He was the owner of the house "An der Frauenkirche 9" until his death. Cf. Ulli Arnold, Dresdner Hofsilber des 18. Jahrhunderts, publication of the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Berlin/Dresden 1994, p. 31, and, on the maker's mark, p. 51.