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MARK OF CHRISTIAN II DRENTWETT, AUGSBURG, 1797-1799
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A PAIR OF GERMAN SILVER SECOND-COURSE DISHES
MARK OF CHRISTIAN II DRENTWETT, AUGSBURG, 1797-1799
Each shaped circular with laurel foliage borders, engraved underneath with coat-of-arms with coronet above, marked underneath, one lacking town mark
13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) diameter
56 oz. 8 dwt. (1,754 gr.)
The arms are those of Savoy, probably for Charles Emmanuel of Savoy (1751-1819), Prince of Savoy and later of Carignano. In 1797 he married Maria Christina of Saxony, daughter of Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony, Duke of Courland. The couple's eldest son was Charles Albert of Savoy (1798-1849), Prince of Carignano and later King of Sardinia who married Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria and had three children, the eldest of whom became Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of the newly unified Italy.
The service, from which these plates and those in lot 62 originate, seems to have been produced by more than one silversmith including Christian II Drentwett and Gustav Friedrich Gerich, between 1789 and 1804. A large group of items from the service appeared on the market in Geneva in May 1992, weighing over 4,000 ounces, including two oval tureens, two circular tureens, no fewer than 132 dinner plates and an assortment of other meat and entrée dishes. The present dishes are perhaps two from the four that were part of that service.
MARK OF CHRISTIAN II DRENTWETT, AUGSBURG, 1797-1799
Each shaped circular with laurel foliage borders, engraved underneath with coat-of-arms with coronet above, marked underneath, one lacking town mark
13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) diameter
56 oz. 8 dwt. (1,754 gr.)
The arms are those of Savoy, probably for Charles Emmanuel of Savoy (1751-1819), Prince of Savoy and later of Carignano. In 1797 he married Maria Christina of Saxony, daughter of Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony, Duke of Courland. The couple's eldest son was Charles Albert of Savoy (1798-1849), Prince of Carignano and later King of Sardinia who married Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria and had three children, the eldest of whom became Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of the newly unified Italy.
The service, from which these plates and those in lot 62 originate, seems to have been produced by more than one silversmith including Christian II Drentwett and Gustav Friedrich Gerich, between 1789 and 1804. A large group of items from the service appeared on the market in Geneva in May 1992, weighing over 4,000 ounces, including two oval tureens, two circular tureens, no fewer than 132 dinner plates and an assortment of other meat and entrée dishes. The present dishes are perhaps two from the four that were part of that service.
Provenance
Probably Charles Emmanuel of Savoy (1770-1800), Prince of Savoy and later of Carignano.
Probably anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 19 May 1992, lot 167 (part).
Probably anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 19 May 1992, lot 167 (part).
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