Lot
286
1794 – Berlin – 1874
Parts of the silverware for the Prussian Finance and Cabinet Minister, Count Albrecht von Alvensleben (1794-1858). 1835
Estimate:
EUR 50,000
- 70,000
USD 64,800
- 90,700
Sold for:
54,900 EUR (incl. premium)
Auctions 207-213
ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.05.2013
Related literature: Udo v. Alvensleben-Wittenmoor: Die letzten fünf Genrationen der Alvensleben in Erxleben II. 1782-1945, published by the Familie von Alvensleben e.V., August 2008.
Sources: Landeshauptarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt, Wernigerode, Gutsarchiv Erxleben: Erxleben inventory 1837; in: vol. 66, no. 1215 / Erxleben inventory, „A. Silberzeug und Gold“, 1847; in: vol. 66, no. 1219 / Erxleben inventory 1858; in: vol.66, no. 1221 / Letter from Johann George Hossauers to the Geheimen Regierungsrat von Kröcher, 17 June 1858; in: vol.66, no. 673 / inventory 1858; in: vol.66, no. 1223.
We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Reimar v. Alvensleben, Falkenberg, for the valuable information regarding family history; Henrik Bollmann, Wernigerode, for the research conducted at the Landeshauptarchiv in Wernigerode; and Dr. Melitta Jonas, Berlin, for her work regarding Hossauer.
Possibly related to the silverware of Count Albrecht von Alvenslebens, Berlin - Palais am Pariser Platz 7 and the Schloss Erxleben, Börde (under a distribution following inheritance in 1858 parts of the silverware went to the Kerssenbrock and von Krosigk families, Schloss Hermsdorf in the county of Mansfeld) / Private collection, Berlin (1960s) / Private collection, Southern Germany