MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANNED POUDREUSE
MID-18TH CENTURY
The top centred by a hinged section opening to reveal a mirror and flanked by hinged compartments, one enclosing blue paper-lined lidded box, with a leather-lined slide and two drawers, with a printed paper label inscribed Eigentum der Stadt Frankfurt a. M., a red wax customs seal for Frankfurt and a brass inventory label '312' , remounted
27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) high; 30¾ in. (78 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Provenance

Baron Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt am Main
Forced sale to the city of Frankfurt in 1938 (inv. no. G.R.597) and transferred to the Museum für Kunsthandwerk
Restituted to the heirs of Baron Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, 19 January 1949
Estate of the late Baron Max von Goldschmidt Rothschild; Parke Bernet, New York, 11 March 1950, lot 366.

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Lot Essay

Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1843-1940) was a wealthy German banker and prolific art collector. He and his brother Adolph jointly inherited the Goldschmidt family bank. In 1878 he married Minna Karoline Freiin von Rothschild (1857-1903), the daughter of Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild (1828-1901). After the death of his father-in-law, the last male of the Frankfurt Rothschilds, Maximilian Goldschmidt and his wife adopted Rothschild name. At one point, he was considered the richest person in the German Empire.

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