silver : parcel-gilt : mother of pearl : sapphire : garnet / partially gilded : wrought : set
Measures
11,2 cm Durchmesser Sockel
Height
28.50 cm
Diameter
11.20 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 24 (Э-16885)
Description
The partridge is gilded inside and has a removable head, its feathers are made up of mother-of-pearl platelets; beak, collar and feet are gilded; the eyes are made up of garnets, breast and both wings are decorated with a sapphire each, in a high gold setting; marked on the foot.
Provenance
Donated by duke Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg as a welcome cup for Tenneberg Castle in Waltershausen in 1683; given to the Kunstkabinett in 1824, together with the guestbook (bound in green velvet) - cf. 1830 and 1858 inventories. [...]. Currently in possession of the Hermitage St. Petersburg (Inv.No. Э-16885).
Literature / Source
Inventar 1830, fol. 3v, Nr. 45; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. XXII, Nr. 51 ; Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, Goldschmiedsarbeit Nr. 24
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
