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Beaker
Lost Art-ID
459527
Title
Beaker
Dating
1742
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Silver) ; Metal (Gold) / gilded
Height
11.90 cm
Diameter
6.00 cm
Description
Silver beaker with gilt rim. Pear-shaped body. Inscription: Herr Martin Huhl starb Aō 1742 den 21. April als Administrirender Ober Aeltester bey der Wohllöbl. Handels Grabe / Gesellschafft darauf sein Eydam Philip Jacob Möhler diesen Becher zu des seel. andencken überreichet.Dresden assay mark, date letter C, maker's mark.
Provenance
Until May 1945, the object was kept in the Dresden City Hall (seat of the Dresden City Museum). It was stored there together with the other handicraft exhibits of the museum - packed in boxes - in the cellar. Lost since the end of the war.
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. 769.
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Contact
Museen der Stadt Dresden
Stadtmuseum Dresden
Wilsdruffer Str. 2
01067 Dresden
Germany
Phone
+49 (0) 351 488 73 01
Fax
+49 (0) 351 488 73 03
Homepage
Contact
Christina Ludwig
Position
Direktorin
Phone
+49 (0) 351 488 73 50
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