Lot Essay
A set of ten matching salt cellars from the same service was sold by Habsburg-Feldman, Geneva, May 10, 1988.
Details
A SET OF FOUR GERMAN SILVER SALT CELLARS MADE FOR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS III
MAKER'S MARK OF CARL DAVID SCHRODEL, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1770
Each of oval form on spreading base, with lobed sides and everted wavy rim, the interior gilt, engraved under bases with the Royal monogram FA and scratch weight, also numbered 27 through 30--3½in.(9cm.) long
(20oz., 639gr.) (4)
MAKER'S MARK OF CARL DAVID SCHRODEL, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1770
Each of oval form on spreading base, with lobed sides and everted wavy rim, the interior gilt, engraved under bases with the Royal monogram FA and scratch weight, also numbered 27 through 30--3½in.(9cm.) long
(20oz., 639gr.) (4)
Literature
These salts appear to be from a set illustrated in Ernst Zimmermann, "Die Dresdner Hofsilberkammer," Die Woche, no. 14, 1904, p. 614.