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THE PERM SERVICE
A SET OF FOUR GERMAN SILVER VERRIERES
MARK OF EMANUEL GOTTFRIED MEISGEYER, AUGSBURG, 1779-1781
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A SET OF FOUR GERMAN SILVER VERRIERES
MARK OF EMANUEL GOTTFRIED MEISGEYER, AUGSBURG, 1779-1781
Each oval on stepped foot, the plain bombé body applied with laurel swags and two reeded handles, the rim scalloped, each stamped with Russian inventory 1, and also prick-engraved in Cyrillic PS1, one with later engraved Swedish inscription dated 23 May 1933, marked on undersides, also with assay scrape; with later French control mark on rims
14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide
314 oz. 6 dwt. (9,777 gr.)
The engraved inscription in Swedish reads: Från / Aktiebolaget Svenska Dagbladets Styrelse / till Professor Fredrik Böök / på 50-årsdagen / den 12 may 1933.
MARK OF EMANUEL GOTTFRIED MEISGEYER, AUGSBURG, 1779-1781
Each oval on stepped foot, the plain bombé body applied with laurel swags and two reeded handles, the rim scalloped, each stamped with Russian inventory 1, and also prick-engraved in Cyrillic PS1, one with later engraved Swedish inscription dated 23 May 1933, marked on undersides, also with assay scrape; with later French control mark on rims
14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide
314 oz. 6 dwt. (9,777 gr.)
The engraved inscription in Swedish reads: Från / Aktiebolaget Svenska Dagbladets Styrelse / till Professor Fredrik Böök / på 50-årsdagen / den 12 may 1933.
Provenance
Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), then by descent to her son Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) recalled to St Petersburg in 1797, then by descent
Winter Palace, St Petersburg until sold by the Soviet Government
with Jacques Kugel, Paris, December 1976.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Winter Palace, St Petersburg until sold by the Soviet Government
with Jacques Kugel, Paris, December 1976.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Literature
Baron A. de Foelkersam, Inventaire de l'Argenterie conservée dans les garde-meubles des Palais Impériaux, 1907, vol. I, pp. IX and XXVI, pl. 43; vol. II, pp. 137-144.
Brought to you by
Charlotte Young
Associate Director, Specialist