Auction 164
164 - Day 2 - Jewellery, art, design, antiques auction
By Historia Auctionata
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Jun 7, 2023
Historia® Auktionshaus Christian Gründel & Vincent ten Vergert GbR Manteuffelstrasse 27 D-12103 Berlin, Germany
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LOT 2368:
Europe, Meissen, Knauff swords 1850-1924, 1st choice, model by J.F. Eberlein 1746-47, reworked by J.J. Kaendler in ...
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Sold for: €2,800
Start price:
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2,500
Buyer's Premium: 28%
VAT: 19%
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Europe, Meissen, Knauff swords 1850-1924, 1st choice, model by J.F. Eberlein 1746-47, reworked by J.J. Kaendler in 1772, from the series ''The Four Parts of the World'', allegory of the continent of Europe in the form of a female figure in a richly decorated cloak with crown, scepter and orb, in addition white steed, armor, globe, palette and sheet of music, model from the so-called. ''Czar's Order'' of Catherine the Great, model no. 860, polychrome painted, gold decorated, The series of 4 world parts was commissioned by Czarina Elizabeth in 1745 and reworked after 1772 for the extensive order of Catherine the Great. Many of the approximately 40 allegorical and mythological figures of this large order included - like the allegory of Europa with her imperial insignia - a glorification of the client. H. 25 cm
