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Johann Wilhelm Dammann

Schweinfurt circa 1716 – 1784 Augsburg

Tureen and Presentoir from the Permian Governor's service for Empress Catharine II. of Russia (1729-1796). 1779–81

Silver, embossed, cast, chased, engraved and matt punched. 40 × 53 × 49 cm (15 ¾ × 20 ⅞ × 19 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Johann Wilhelm Dammann. Tureen and Presentoir from the Permian Governor's service for Empress Catharine II. of Russia (1729-1796). 1779–81.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 25,000

USD 21,300

 

- 26,700

Sold for:

26,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017

Information

Silver, embossed, cast, chased, engraved and matt punched. 40 × 53 × 49 cm (15 ¾ × 20 ⅞ × 19 ¼ in.). on the presentoir and tureen the hallmark: Augsburg [Seling no. 2510] with year letter Z [1779–81]; master's mark: IWD in a crosswise oval [Seling 2387, i] / engraved with the silver collection number: П. P. 3. / On the Presentoir in red paint: 1197 [...]. Total weight: 10.070 g. Base tray and lid melted down 1838/41 - today with 19th century additions.

Related literature: Björn R. Kommer: Kaiserlicher Glanz aus dem alten St. Petersburg. Silber aus dem Permschen und Charkowschen Tafelservice Katharinas II. im Maximilianmuseum. Augsburg, 1991 (Augsburger Museumsschriften, vol. 3) / Marina Lopato: Neues über die Gouvernement-Service Zarin Katharinas II. von Russland. In: Renate Eikelmann, Annette Schommers and Lorenz Seelig (eds.): Studien zur europäischen Goldschmiedekunst des 14. bis 20. Jahrhunderts. Festschrift Helmut Seling, Munich, 2001, p. 307–312.

1781 ordered for the Palace of the Perm Governor under general lieutenant Evgeni P. Kashkin (1737–1796) / 1796–1918 imperial collections, winter palace, St. Petersburg / 1918–30 State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg / circa 1980 art dealership Ermitage Ltd., London / Private collection, Munich

Björn R. Kommer: Zirbelnuß und Zarenadler. Augsburger Silber für Katharina II. von Rußland. exh. cat., Munich, 1997, ill. 20, p. 67, p. 112

A. E. Foelkersam: Inventaire de l'Argenterie conservée dans les garde-meubles des palace Impériaux, vol. 2. St. Petersburg, 1907, p. 137–143, p. 138, Tabelle 43, no. 128 / auction: Kostbare Goldeimaildosen, französisches Silber des 18. Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Hermann Ball & Paul Graupe, 25. September 1930, cat. no. 8, p. 7, ill. p. 6