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A GILT-COPPER MOUNTED BERLIN ENAMEL PARASOL OR CANE HANDLE
A GILT-COPPER MOUNTED BERLIN ENAMEL PARASOL OR CANE HANDLE
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PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF HENRY C. AND MARTHA L. ISAACSON, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (LOTS 548-554)
A GILT-COPPER MOUNTED BERLIN ENAMEL PARASOL OR CANE HANDLE

CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY FROM THE FROMMERY WORKSHOP

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A GILT-COPPER MOUNTED BERLIN ENAMEL PARASOL OR CANE HANDLE
CIRCA 1740, PROBABLY FROM THE FROMMERY WORKSHOP
Finely enameled and gilt with Chinoiserie figures attended by a crane, a ram and two dogs, the top with a GVK monogram surmounted by the coronet of a marquis or marquess
2¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Alex Frommery was active as an enameller at Berlin in the early 18th century. His work is best known for the unusual use of raised gilding and translucent enamels of figures and reliefs. He also worked with C.F. Herold from approximately 1740-1750. See H. Williams, Enamels of the World 1700-2000, The Khalili Colletions, London, 2009, no. 145 for a similarly decorated sugar-box.

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