A German silver casket

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHANN CHRISTOPH BERNS, MAGDEBURG, CIRCA 1760

細節

A German silver casket
Maker's mark of Johann Christoph Berns, Magdeburg, circa 1760
Oval and on a plain spreading base, the body and the hinged cover chased with rocailles, scrolls, flowers and foliage, with shell and scroll thumbpiece, the cover engraved with the initials F with crown above, marked on base
9in. (23cm.) long
33ozs. (1,035gr.)

來源

Christie's London, 11 December 1963, lot 130, where it is suggested that the initial is probably that of Frederick Augustus III, First King of Saxony (1763-1827) or possibly of Frederick the Great of Prussia

出版

This casket is recorded in Wolfgang Scheffler, Goldschmiede Mittel- und Nordost- Deutschlands, Berlin 1980, p.177, no 26 g.

拍品專文

The maker's mark is recorded by Wolfgang Scheffler, Goldschmiede Mittel-und Nordost Deutschlands, Berlin, 1980, p. 177, no 26, where he records another rococo box also engraved with a crowned monogram, which may be the same as the present box, sold by Winmller, Munich, 28-30 September 1966, lot 420