Lot
256
Karis Lojo 1798 – 1852 St. Petersburg
Gilt silver bottle cooler from the service of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1825–1844). 1843
Estimate:
EUR 20,000
- 25,000
USD 21,300
- 26,700
Sold for:
25,000 EUR (incl. premium)
Spring Auctions 2017
ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017
Related literature: Andreas Dobler: Das Silber aus dem Trousseau der Zarentochter. In: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and Hessische Hausstiftung Eichenzell (eds.): Die Mitgift einer Zarentochter. Meisterwerke der russischen Kunst des Historismus. exh. cat., Eurasburg 1997, p. 128–131, cat. no. 39, p. 150
Comparable objet: silver tableware, Hessische Hausstiftung, inv. no. FRDH S 3968, S 3130, FAS S 48
Included with the lot: small Presentoir from gilt silver with the imperial double-headed eagle and the initials of the Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, belonging to the service. 2,7 cm; Ø 24 cm (1 1/8 in.; Ø 9 1/2 in.). (Russian imperial double-headed eagle / AH under the crown / engraved into the bottom: No 8, master's mark: CT [Carl Tegelstein] / city mark: St. Petersburg / hallmark: AT 1843 / fineness: 84 Zolotniki. weight: 758 g).
Manufactured 1843 as dowry for Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia / 1844 silver collection the Landgrafen of Hesse-Kassel / Private collection, Munich
With the silver inset: on the side engraved: N: 11 / marked: master's mark: CT [Carl Tegelstein] / two city marks: St. Petersburg / hallmark, 43
Auction: From Roentgen to Faberge. A European Private Collection. London, Christie's, 20. May 2015, cat. no. 99, p. 84