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MARK OF JACOB SCHENCK, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1723
Details
A German silver coffee-pot
Mark of Jacob Schenck, Hamburg, circa 1723
Tapering cylindrical and on three wooden bun feet, the body with dropped base, with curved spout, moulded borders and detachable domed cover with part wood finial, the base engraved with inscription, marked on base, below Dutch legal silver standard
21 cm. high
gross 324 gr.
The inscription reads 'Nicolaus Krohn 1723'
Mark of Jacob Schenck, Hamburg, circa 1723
Tapering cylindrical and on three wooden bun feet, the body with dropped base, with curved spout, moulded borders and detachable domed cover with part wood finial, the base engraved with inscription, marked on base, below Dutch legal silver standard
21 cm. high
gross 324 gr.
The inscription reads 'Nicolaus Krohn 1723'
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 15 June 1958, lot 1047.
Literature
E. Schliemann ed., Die Goldschmiede Hamburgs, Hamburg, 1985, vol. 2, p. 313, no. 13, vol. 3, p. 230, fig. 563. (numbered 355/14).
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