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Albrecht Biller

1653 – Augsburg – 1720

Pouring vessel of Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels (1682-1736). 1695-1699 and circa 1715

Silver, cast, embossed, chased; inside gilt. 28,5 cm (11 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Albrecht Biller. Pouring vessel of Duke Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels (1682-1736). 1695-1699 and circa 1715.

Estimate:

EUR 12,000

 

- 15,000

USD 15,200

 

- 19,000

Sold for:

11,538 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 229-235

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 27.11.2014

Information

Silver, cast, embossed, chased; inside gilt. 28,5 cm (11 ¼ in.). On the edge of the lid and the rim of the foot: master's mark of Albrecht Biller: AB with a star, the 'Stadtpyr' figure from the coat of arms of Augsberg (see Seling 1120); 'tremolierstrich' mark / coat of arms with inserted initials: V.G.G.C.H.Z.S.I.C.V.B.A.E.V.W. Under the foot the incised number: 11/36.

Comparable object: pouring vessel for Duke Christian of Sachsen-Weißenfels, also by Albrecht Biller (Kunsthandel, Dresden)

The current owners and the Oppenheimer heirs have reached an amicable agreement in respect of this Albrecht Biller vessel. Under this agreement the issue of ownership has been resolved and it can be confirmed that the consigner to this auction is the absolute and undisputed owner of the vessel..

1712 until 1746/47 silver collection of the Princes of Sachsen-Weißenfels, Schloss Neu-Augustusburg, Weißenfels / presumably until 1918 silver collection of the Dukes of Saxony-Altenburg / until 1935 Galerie van Diemen, Berlin / since 1939 evidently with Frieda Hinze (1901-1991), Berlin / Elisabeth Rohde, Berlin (1915-2013) / private collection, Germany

Auction catalogue: Die Beständer der Berliner Firma Van Diemen, Paul Graupe, Berlin, 3./4. May 1935, lot 313, pl. 66 (410 RM) / Eckhart Berckenhagen: Barock in Deutschland. Residenzen, exh. cat., Berlin 1966, cat. no. 255, ill. p. 165

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