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Johann George Hossauer

1794 – Berlin – 1874

Parts of the silverware for the Prussian Finance and Cabinet Minister, Count Albrecht von Alvensleben (1794-1858). 1835

Silver, pressed, cast, embossed, engraved, chased and mounted. All parts show the crowned coat of arms of the Counts of Alvensleben. 4 wine cooler: 27,5 cm, 12 underplate: Ø 27 cm, 2 large oval plates: 62 x 31 cm, 1 small oval plate: 46,5 x 33 cm (1 ⅝ wine cooler: 10 ⅞ in., 4 ¾ underplate: Ø 10 ⅝ in., 0 ¾ large oval plates: 24 ⅜ x 12 ¼ in., 0 ⅜ small oval plate: 18 ¼ x 13 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Johann George Hossauer. 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

Information

Silver, pressed, cast, embossed, engraved, chased and mounted. All parts show the crowned coat of arms of the Counts of Alvensleben. 4 wine cooler: 27,5 cm, 12 underplate: Ø 27 cm, 2 large oval plates: 62 x 31 cm, 1 small oval plate: 46,5 x 33 cm (1 ⅝ wine cooler: 10 ⅞ in., 4 ¾ underplate: Ø 10 ⅝ in., 0 ¾ large oval plates: 24 ⅜ x 12 ¼ in., 0 ⅜ small oval plate: 18 ¼ x 13 in.). Master's mark: HOSSAUER / BERLIN (Scheffler 381) / Drawing master: "A", itallic, in circle, signifying the 2nd drawing master B. G. F. Andreack (Scheffler 18, no. 1508; 1819-1842) / Bear mark with letters: "K" for Berlin signifying the 1st drawing master J. C.P. Kessner (Scheffler 14, no. 1455; 1819-1854) / Fineness mark: 15 LÖTH (Scheffler 25a; represents 937,5 fine silver) and the beehive mark, Hossauer's personal stamp(Jonas, p.62). Engraved historical numbers on the underside of the underplates: No. 5, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23, 37, 39, 41, 50, 60, 68; the fish plates (large oval plates): No. 3, 4; the serving plate (small oval plate): No. 2. Historical silver weight of the underplate between: 2 Mark 3 Loth und 2 Mark 8 Loth, total weight: ca. 20,524 g 12 underplates 1 serving plate 2 fish plates 4 wine coolers in crater form (so-called "Champagnerbecher"). Catalogue raisonné: Not in Melitta Jonas: Gold und Silber für den König. Johann George Hossauer. Goldschmied Sr. Majestät of the Königs, exh. cat., Berlin 1998. Handling marks.

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

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