BY J. C. KLINKOSCH, MARKED, VIENNA, 1893, WITH THE VIENNESE CONTROL MARK FOR 13-CARAT GOLD 1872-1922

细节

AN AUSTRIAN TWO-COLOUR GOLD PRESENTATION KOVSH
by J. C. Klinkosch, marked, Vienna, 1893, with the Viennese control mark for 13-carat gold 1872-1922
Globular kovsh in the old-Bulgarian style, the bowl of burnished gold with flat standing base, engraved with floral decoration, the front beneath the prow engraved with the initials 'ML' below a royal crown, the curved tapering handle cast with a monster-head finial and engraved with the signature and date '8. IV. 1893. Stambulov' in Cyrillic
4 11/16 in. (120 mm.) wide
8 oz. (232 gr.)

来源

By descent in a European Royal family until 1996.

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

This kovsh was a wedding present from the Bulgarian prime minister Stefan Stambulov to Princess Marie-Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899) on the occasion of her marriage to Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, Prince of Bulgaria, and from 3 April 1893 onward, King of Bulgaria. Stefan Stambulov, born in 1854, was Bulgarian Prime Minister from 1887 to 1894. He was murdered in 1895.
Under Emperor Franz Joseph, the firm of Klinkosch had an importance comparable to that of Fabergé for Emperor Nicholas II. At the peak of their glory, Klinkosch had up to 150 employees. Founded by the goldsmiths J. Mayerhofer and C. Klingosch, the firm received a silver medal in 1835 and a gold medal in 1839. It was nevertheless not until the direction of Josef Cark Knight of Klinkosch (1822-1888) and his two sons Isidor (1852-1914) and Arthur (1854 - c.1900) that Klinkosch became the most important supplier of gold- and silverware to the Imperial Court of Austria.