Lot Essay
See foot note to lot 268
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANN JAKOB HERMANN GRABE, AUGSBURG, 1781-1783
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A set of six fine German silver double salt-cellars
Maker's mark of Johann Jakob Hermann Grabe, Augsburg, 1781-1783
In the Louis XV style, each shaped oval, on four double bracket feet with plain rectangular panels, the shaped sides cast and chased with laurel festoons, the border chased with quatrefoils within ovals, the flat centre between the gilt wells chased with paterae and shaped matted panels, each prick-engraved with Cyrillic inscription and inventory number either 1 and possibly 2, marked on bases
14 cm. (5½ in.) long
2,746 gr. (88 oz.) (3)
Maker's mark of Johann Jakob Hermann Grabe, Augsburg, 1781-1783
In the Louis XV style, each shaped oval, on four double bracket feet with plain rectangular panels, the shaped sides cast and chased with laurel festoons, the border chased with quatrefoils within ovals, the flat centre between the gilt wells chased with paterae and shaped matted panels, each prick-engraved with Cyrillic inscription and inventory number either 1 and possibly 2, marked on bases
14 cm. (5½ in.) long
2,746 gr. (88 oz.) (3)
Sale room notice
Referring to the lots 267-271.
As suggested in the footnote beneath lot 267 this and the following four lots are indeed from a second Riga Service ordered by the Russian Empress Catherine The Great from various Augsburg makers, in 1781-3.
As suggested in the footnote beneath lot 267 this and the following four lots are indeed from a second Riga Service ordered by the Russian Empress Catherine The Great from various Augsburg makers, in 1781-3.