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408 - Paul Haidenreich
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Paul Haidenreich A museum-quality Augsburg silver gilt travel cutlery set in a leather case Large tapering beaker with a moulded rim; the body decorated with chased putti and acanthus. The cover formed by a small ecuelle with chased Baroque flowers and opposing pierced handles. Fitted inside is a wash-leather-covered case containing a cylindrical spice box, spoon, three-tined fork, teaspoon, toothpick and a knife with a detachable steel blade. The ends of the handles with hoof-shaped terminals; the knife with a faceted handle. In the original gold-tooled leather case, in excellent condition. Height of beaker 11.1 cm; length of fork 14.5 cm; silver weight approx. 379 g. Height of case 18 cm. Marks of Paul Haidenreich, 1679 - 1681. Provenance Helga Matzke art dealership, Grünwald; German aristocratic ownership. Literature A comparable set by the master Daniel Priester is illustrated in Bernhard Heitmann/Carlos Boerner, Historische Bestecke aus der Sammlung des Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, 1991, no. 79. See also a very similar travelling cutlery set, albeit without a case, in the collection of the Bavarian National Museum, illustrated in Lorenz Seelig, Augsburger Goldschmiedekunst für die Höfe Europas, Munich, 1994, fig. 116.
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