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Pot
Lost Art-ID
459545
Artist
Title
Pot
Dating
1750
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Pewter)
Measures
Hight without cover 29.5 cm
Height
37.50 cm
Diameter
15.00 cm
Description
Pewter jug of the fishermen's guild. The spout as a dolphin head. On the lid engraved two crossed branches and two crossed fish, above a crown. On the body in front between two crossed branches inscribed: Christian Gottlob Weber / Königl: Schiff Adju / tant und / Joh. Christ. Weber / Ao. 1750. Hallmarked with the Dresden city mark and a makers mark.
Provenance
The object was kept in the Dresden City Hall (seat of the Dresden City Museum) until May 1945. It was stored there in the cellar together with the other arts and crafts exhibits of the museum - packed in boxes. Lost since the end of the war.
Verlustgeschichte
Dresden, 1945
Literature / Source
Gurlitt, Cornelius: Die Kunstdenkmäler Dresdens. Heft XXI, XXII und XXIII der Beschreibenden Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen, Dresden 1903, S. 777
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Museen der Stadt Dresden
Stadtmuseum Dresden
Wilsdruffer Str. 2
01067 Dresden
Germany
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+49 (0) 351 488 73 01
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+49 (0) 351 488 73 03
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