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Lost Art-ID
573950
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Frankreich)
Title
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Place of manufacture
Frankreich
Dating
1701/1725
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Amethyst ; Metal (Gold)
Height
6.30 cm
Width
5.70 cm
Depth
5.90 cm
Inventory number
G.R.387
Description
In shape of a helmet of a grenadier; made of amethyst at back white and in front purple. Cover made of same mineral. Mounting, fittings of the frontside of the helmet made of gold. Fittings: Trophies surrounded by rocailles. At front of the mounting of the rim of the cover golden branches are applied, garnished with diamonds and rubies. Mark: At rim of cover twice mark of crabs R.5906 inside an oval (import stamp of France, 1838 - 1864)
Provenance
collection Maximilian Freiherr von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt/M.; city Frankfurt am Main (purchase contract of 11.11.1938), Museum für Kunsthandwerk, inventory number G.R.387; Henrich (exchange august 1943 together with G.R.326); whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main; Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Sign. 46
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