AN OPENWORK SILVER SALT CELLAR FROM A DINNER SERVICE FOR ELECTOR FRIEDRICH AUGUST III OF SAXONY

Estimated Value:

1.800 € - 2.200 €

Schätzpreis:

1.800 €

Description:

Dresden, ca. 1790
5 x 8,5 cm
Openwork silver with a removable gilt silver liner. Bellied, openwork bowl on three rocaille feet. Crowned monogram "FA", numbered "3", weight indication "9lt.3q.1d". Hallmark, letter "V", master Carl David Schrödel (master 1743, court jeweller 1762) or Wittwe Carl David Schrödel and sons. Ca. 175g. Minor wear.
Collection Gerrit Boettcher
Formerly Royal and Electoral Court Silver Collection, Dresden. The monogram refers to Frederick Augustus of Saxony (1750-1827), Elector Frederick Augustus III 1768-1827 and King of Saxony 1806-1827 as Frederick Augustus I, called "The Just".
The Schrödel brothers, court jewellers since 1762, made several silver objects for a service of the Dresden court in the 1770s to 1790s.
Lit. Arnold, Ulli, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Grünes Gewölbe, Dresdner Hofsilber des 18. Jahrhunderts, Berlin/Dresden 1994, S. 38 ff.

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