645 - SCHRÖDEL, CARL DAVID

SCHRÖDEL, CARL DAVID Dresden Title: Oval Silver Serving Platter with Side Handles from a service belonging to Elector Friedrich August III. Date: 1772. Designer: From the so-called “Silver Service with FA on the Shield.” Material: Silver, weight approx. 2720g. Dimensions: 55 x 35 cm, height 4.5 cm. Hallmark: Dresden inspection mark (Rosenberg no. 1671), year letter “y” for 1772, assayer’s mark, maker’s mark Carl David Schrödel (maker ca. 1743, court jeweler from 1762 onward, ibid. no. 1808). Description: Oval shape with a slightly scalloped rim. The side handles are rolled into a small volute and decorated with large laurel leaves. On the underside, the monogram “FA im Schilde unter Kurhut” with inventory number 2 and weight details “11 Mr. 12 lt. 3p” are engraved This particular “Présentoir” is listed on page 402 of the “Chur-fürstl.-Sächßl. Silber-Kammer-Inventarium, Volume 1” dated 1789. A total of four are listed in this inventory, directly below the four tureens for which they were intended. The display stand forms part of the so-called “silver service with FA on the shield,” commissioned for Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1750–1827). It was commissioned in 1772 and expanded on several occasions throughout the remainder of the 18th century. Its creation is linked to the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763), during which large portions of the Saxon silver collection had been melted down. New commissions were initiated beginning in 1765 and received a further boost following the marriage of Frederick Augustus III to Amalie Auguste of Palatinate-Zweibrücken in 1769. Carl David Schrödel (1712–1773) was entrusted with the execution of the work; following his death, his widow and his twin sons, Carl Christian and Friedrich Christian Schrödel (both 1745–1810), continued the work for the Dresden court. In the Saxon court silver inventory, the service is listed as “A silver service marked with FA on the shield.” The service was presumably divided up in 1918 as part of the settlement of the House of Wettin’s claims. Today, bowls and lids from the service are housed in the Green Vault in Dresden. Items of cutlery from the service were also offered for sale and auctioned at Sotheby’s in London on December 17, 1999, as part of the so-called Moritzburg Treasure. Provenance: - Private collection in Hesse, later transferred to a foundation Bibliography: - Ulli Arnold: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Grünes Gewölbe. Dresdner Hofsilber des 18. Jahrhunderts (PATRIMONIA 74), Berlin/Dresden, 1994. - Friedrich August Freiherr O'Byrn: The Court Silver Chamber and the Court Cellar in Dresden, Dresden, 1880. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Domestic: 43.70 euros plus 8.30 euros VAT EU: 58.82 euros plus 11.18 euros VAT Third country: 117.65 euros plus 22.35 euros VAT Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros For a total invoice amount exceeding 25,000 euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the U.S. by individual arrangement after the auction. #Carl David Schrödel #Germany #18th C. #Silver.