Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 268
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANN CHRISTIAN NEUSS, AUGSBURG, 1781-1783
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A set of four fine German silver mustard-pots on stands
Maker's mark of Johann Christian Neuss, Augsburg, 1781-1783
In the Louis XV style, the oval stands each on four fluted bracket feet, the borders chased with quatrefoils in running scrolls, the slightly raised centres chased with husks in flutes and paterae with gadrooned centre, the detachable urn-shaped partly fluted pots chased with husk festoons and with similar borders and applied satyr's masks, with hinged covers smilarly chased and with foliate vase-shaped finials and detachable silver-gilt liners, prick-engraved with cyrillic inscription and inventory number, marked on stand and body
the stand 21 cm. (8¼ in.) long
3,888 gr. (125 oz.) (4)
Maker's mark of Johann Christian Neuss, Augsburg, 1781-1783
In the Louis XV style, the oval stands each on four fluted bracket feet, the borders chased with quatrefoils in running scrolls, the slightly raised centres chased with husks in flutes and paterae with gadrooned centre, the detachable urn-shaped partly fluted pots chased with husk festoons and with similar borders and applied satyr's masks, with hinged covers smilarly chased and with foliate vase-shaped finials and detachable silver-gilt liners, prick-engraved with cyrillic inscription and inventory number, marked on stand and body
the stand 21 cm. (8¼ in.) long
3,888 gr. (125 oz.) (4)
Sale room notice
Referring to the lots 267-271.
As suggested in the footnote beneath lot 267 this and the following four lots are indeed from a second Riga Service ordered by the Russian Empress Catherine The Great from various Augsburg makers, in 1781-3.
As suggested in the footnote beneath lot 267 this and the following four lots are indeed from a second Riga Service ordered by the Russian Empress Catherine The Great from various Augsburg makers, in 1781-3.