Lot 327
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A German parcel-gilt dessert-stand
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more Lessing, Julius, Das Tafelsilber ihrer Koniglichen Hoheiten des , Prinzen und der Prinzessin Wilhelm von Preussen, Berlin 1883, illustrated Plate XVIII. Eine Deutsche teilvergoldete Dessertplatte mit Fuss
A German parcel-gilt dessert-stand

MARK OF J. WAGNER & SOHN, BERLIN, DATED 1904, 800 STANDARD

Details
A German parcel-gilt dessert-stand
Mark of J. Wagner & Sohn, Berlin, dated 1904, 800 standard
On shaped oblong base with openwork shell and foliage feet, with baluster stem and openwork foliate scroll central handle, with two tiers of shaped dishes, chased with panels of foliate scrolls and with shell and scroll borders, with frosted finish, engraved beneath the base with WR monogram with Royal Prussian crown above for Emperor Wilhelm II, marked on base
17½in. (44.5cm.) high
46oz. (1,460gr.)
Literature
Lessing, Julius, Das Tafelsilber ihrer Koniglichen Hoheiten des Prinzen und der Prinzessin Wilhelm von Preussen, Berlin 1883, illustrated.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Although post dating the wedding service of Prince Wilhelm and Princess Auguste Viktoria by over twenty years, this dessert-stand and the following five examples are almost exact copies of those commissioned in 1881 as shown by the illustration in J. Lessing, Das Tafelsilber ihrer Koniglichen Hoheiten des Prinzen und der Prinzessin Wilhelm von Preussen, Berlin, 1883, pl. 18, of the orginial dessert-stands, one of which was exhibited Hanau, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Kaiserliches Gold und Silber, Schätze der Hohenzollern aus dem Schloss Huis Doorn, Berlin, 1985-1986, cat. no. 131.

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