A PAIR OF PARCIAL GILT SILVER SALT CELLARS WITH MONOGRAM WILHELM VON HESSEN-KASSEL

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4.000 € - 6.000 €

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Kassel, ca. 1760
7,5 x 5,5 x 4 cm
Silver, cast, partially gilded. Bellied, oval bowls on stand. Crowned monogram "WL" of Landgrave Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel zu Rumpenheim (1787-1867). Mark for 15-silver, Master Pierre Baucair (b. 1696, Master 1721, d. 1775). Ca. 290g. Min. dented.
Gerrit Boettcher Collection.
On loan to the Museum Kassel in 1998 for the exhibition "Kasseler Silber". Lit. Neuhaus/Richter, MZ 80c, FZ 69.
Wilhelm von Hessen (1787-1867) was a titular landgrave of Hessen-Kassel from the Hessen-Rumpenheim side line and governor of Copenhagen. He inherited the title of Landgrave from his father Frederick III of Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim (1747-1837) in 1837. He was married to Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789-1864), daughter of the Danish Hereditary Prince Friedrich.
Pierre Baucair (1696-1775) and his son Isaak Baucair (1753-1793) produced a number of silver objects for the court of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in their joint workshop. Among them were several silver coffee pots, lidded bowls and other silver utensils for Landgrave Wilhelm VIII, the great-grandfather of Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse-Kassel zu Rumpenheim, who was later monogrammed here.

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