A GERMAN SILVER SOUP-TUREEN AND COVER

MAKER'S MARK OF CHRISTIAN LIEBERKUHN, BERLIN, CIRCA 1750

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A GERMAN SILVER SOUP-TUREEN AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK OF CHRISTIAN LIEBERKUHN, BERLIN, CIRCA 1750
The two-handled oval tureen of bombé form, on four openwork foliate scroll spreading feet, the sides with swirling flutes and branch and floral handles, the shaped domed cover with similarly branch and floral finial, marked on base
28.5 cm. (11 3/8 in.) long
1554 gr. (49 oz.)

Lot Essay

This tureen was sold in the late 1920's in Berlin, probably by Lempke. The owner at that time was a noble German diplomat. According to this owner, the tureen was from the collections of the Hermitage and has been sold as part of the Soviet sales in Berlin.

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