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Teapot
Lost Art-ID
208598
Artist
Baur, Tobias (1660)
Birth
(um) 1660, Augsburg
Death
1735, Augsburg
Title
Teapot
Datierung
1700 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
silver : gilding : agate / gilded
Height
13.50 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 379
Description
Hexagonal teapot with horizontal oval agate medallions set into the surface, bird's head spout and three-dimensional female head on the handle.
Provenance
Gifted by the Russian tsarina Catherine II to duchess Auguste of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her grandson Ernest II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha then gave the teapot, together with more pieces from other sets, to the Herzogliches Museum in 1878.
Literature / Source
Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, Goldschmiedsarbeit Nr. 379
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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