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Lot Essay
The büttenmann is a guild object typical of German, Alsatian and Swiss wine making areas and would have been used in traditional drinking games at banquets.
The marks stamped on the present lot are recorded as unidentified in M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen (Band 4): Ausland und Byzanz, Frankfurt a.M., 1928, p. 607, No 9537 and 9538, as found on a büttenmann in the collection of the Duke of Cumberland in Penzing near Vienna. These büttenmänner had previously belonged to Sophia Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1777-1848) and were sold at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 8 October 2005, lot 1244. Although slightly different to the present lot, the Duke's büttenmänner were described as early 19th century, and are listed in the inventories and files of the Ernst August 'Fideikommiss', founded by King Ernst August (1771-1851) in 1843 and which comprised his own property (including various purchases) as well as items inherited from his sister, Auguste Sophie (1768-1840), and from his wife Friederike (1778- 1841).
The marks stamped on the present lot are recorded as unidentified in M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen (Band 4): Ausland und Byzanz, Frankfurt a.M., 1928, p. 607, No 9537 and 9538, as found on a büttenmann in the collection of the Duke of Cumberland in Penzing near Vienna. These büttenmänner had previously belonged to Sophia Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1777-1848) and were sold at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 8 October 2005, lot 1244. Although slightly different to the present lot, the Duke's büttenmänner were described as early 19th century, and are listed in the inventories and files of the Ernst August 'Fideikommiss', founded by King Ernst August (1771-1851) in 1843 and which comprised his own property (including various purchases) as well as items inherited from his sister, Auguste Sophie (1768-1840), and from his wife Friederike (1778- 1841).