Tobacco box, cast iron, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Berlin, 1820
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1820
Tabakdose Berliner Eisen um 1820, Entwurf Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1844), Ausführung wohl Königlich Preußische Eisengießerei, ungemarkt, Eisenguss geschwärzt, teils silberbronziert, als Sarkophag gearbeiteter rechteckiger Korpus auf vier Löwentatzenfüßen, in antikisierender Formensprache, umlaufend reliefierte Greifenmotive, üppiges Rollwerk, Girlanden und Floralmotive, der facettierte Deckel mit zapfenförmigem Knauf, Alters- und Korrosionsspuren, Maße 20 x 18 x 12 cm.
Berlin Iron Tobacco Box Circa 1820, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1844), probably made by the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, unmarked, cast iron, blackened, partly silver-bronzed, rectangular body on four lion's paw feet, worked as a sarcophagus, in an antique style, with griffin motifs in relief all around, lavish scrollwork, garlands and floral motifs, the faceted lid with cone-shaped finial, signs of age and corrosion, dimensions 20 x 18 x 12 cm.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- cast iron, blackened, partly silver-bronzed
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 20 x 18 x 12 cm; dimensions 20 x 18 x 12 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable; the text keeps only the listing's object facts (condition, price and sale wording removed). Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Candidate id
- inv-186368901
- Auction house
- Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH
- Listing object ID
- 186368901
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.