KNIVES WITH MARK OF JOHANN V BECKERT, AUGSBURG, 1759-1761, ONE 1757-1759, SUGAR CASTOR WITH MARK OF WILLIAM HUTTON AND SONS LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1904, SALVER WITH MARK OF ELKINGTON AND CO LTD., SHEFFIELD, 1967

細節

Twelve German silver table knives, an English silver salver and a sugar caster
Knives with mark of Johann V Beckert, Augsburg, 1759-1761, one 1757-1759, sugar castor with mark of William Hutton and Sons Ltd., Birmingham, 1904, salver with mark of Elkington and Co Ltd., Sheffield, 1967
Knives each with reeded pistol grip handles; salver shaped circular, on four claw-and-ball feet, gadrooned border; the sugar caster pear shaped with canted corners, the detachable cover pierced and with a vase shaped finial, marked on handles, body and base
36.4 cm. diam. (salver)
1460 gr. (excluding knives) (14)

注意事項

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

拍品專文

In the collection of the Württembergische Landesmuseum in Stuttgart are gilt knives and forks by Johann V. Beckert (1755-1757) made for Herzog Carl Eugens von Württemberg (see H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Band III, Meister, Marken und Beschauzeichen, München, 1980, p. 390-391).