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MARK OF JOHANN GEORGE HOSSAUER, BERLIN, 1830
Details
A German silver-gilt jug
Mark of Johann George Hossauer, Berlin, 1830
Baluster-shaped, on pedestal foot, the scroll handle with ivory insulators and shell terminal, the hinged cover with ivory baluster finial, the body engraved with the Order of the Black Eagle below a Royal Prussian crown, the foot-rim stamped with initial W with Royal Prussian crown above for Prince Wilhelm, later Emperor Wilhelm I, marked on foot-rim, also stamped '12 löth'
12½in. (31.5cm.) high
gross 34oz. (1,057gr.)
Mark of Johann George Hossauer, Berlin, 1830
Baluster-shaped, on pedestal foot, the scroll handle with ivory insulators and shell terminal, the hinged cover with ivory baluster finial, the body engraved with the Order of the Black Eagle below a Royal Prussian crown, the foot-rim stamped with initial W with Royal Prussian crown above for Prince Wilhelm, later Emperor Wilhelm I, marked on foot-rim, also stamped '12 löth'
12½in. (31.5cm.) high
gross 34oz. (1,057gr.)
Literature
M. Jonas, Gold und Silber für den Köing, Johann George Hossauer (1794-1874) Goldschmied Sr. Majestät des Königs, Berlin, 1998, cat. no. 42 illustrated
Exhibited
Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg, Gold und Silber für den Köing, Johann George Hossauer (1794-1874) Goldschmied Sr. Majestät des Königs, 1998, cat. no. 42
Special notice
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