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MARK OF HOSSAUER, BERLIN, CIRCA 1840
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A GERMAN SILVER WINE COOLER**
Mark of Hossauer, Berlin, circa 1840
Campana form, on square base, the fluted pedestal foot supporting a gadrooned lower body and two leaf-clad mother-of-pearl handles, the everted neck with egg-and-dart rim, the body applied with a coat-of-arms and agricultural trophy and engraved with presentation inscription, with fitted porcelain liner, marked on foot
14½in. (36.9cm.) high; 58oz. (1820gr.) gross weight
Mark of Hossauer, Berlin, circa 1840
Campana form, on square base, the fluted pedestal foot supporting a gadrooned lower body and two leaf-clad mother-of-pearl handles, the everted neck with egg-and-dart rim, the body applied with a coat-of-arms and agricultural trophy and engraved with presentation inscription, with fitted porcelain liner, marked on foot
14½in. (36.9cm.) high; 58oz. (1820gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Estate of Baroness von Morsen-Picard
Engraved
DEM KOENIGL: KREIS LANDRATH HERRN WILH: FERD: STURM ALS EIN DAUERNDES ZEICHEN DER DANKBARKEIT FÜR L JÄHRIGE DEM VATERLANDE GELEISTETE DIENSTE and IN TREUER LIEBE GEWIDMET VON EINEM VEREINE VON MITGLIEDERN DES IIIten STANDES DES LANDSBERGER KREISES AM XXIIten MAI MSCCCXXXX
This translates to "To the royal district administrator Herrn Wilhelm Ferdinand Sturm as a lasting symbol of gratitude for years of services to his country given with admiration from a group of members of the third society of the Landesberger district on 22 May 1840"
This translates to "To the royal district administrator Herrn Wilhelm Ferdinand Sturm as a lasting symbol of gratitude for years of services to his country given with admiration from a group of members of the third society of the Landesberger district on 22 May 1840"
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