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Knife
Lost Art-ID
208538
Artist
Title
Knife
Datierung
1681 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
gold : enamel : rubies / enamelled
Length
18.80 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 108
Description
Knife belonging to a five-piece tableware set owned by duchess Christina, second wife of Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg; the octagonal knife handle is also decorated with red and white enamelled flowers and set with 24 rubies.
Provenance
From the estate of duchess Christina of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (died in 1705).
Literature / Source
Inventar 1717, fol. 19v, sub. B; Inventar 1764, fol. 17v, Nr. 78 sub. B; Inventar 1830, fol. 3r, Nr. 21; Inventar 1858, Bd. 1, Kap. XXI, Nr. 7; Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, Goldschmiedsarbeit Nr. 108
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
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