Tobacco box, Johann Adolf Keppelmann, 1760
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1760
Iserlohner Tabakdose Altes Testament und Preußen . Deckel "IADKM", Boden undeutlich "IAKM" gemarkt. Um 1760. KEPPELMANN, Johann Adolf Messingblech, Deckel und Boden geprägt. 3 x 15 x 5 cm. Auf dem Scharnierdeckel Szenen aus dem Alten Testament: Triumph des Joseph sowie Joseph und seine Brüder, flankiert von Inschriftkartuschen.
Auf dem Boden in floraler Rahmung 3 Kartuschen mit preußischem Adler, flankiert von 2 Bildniskartuschen mit Prinz Friedrich Heinrich von Preußen bzw. König Friedrich der Große . Einige Alters-/Gebrauchsspuren. Aufrufzeit 18. | Juni 2025 | voraussichtlich 16:18 Uhr (CET) Iserlohn tobacco box Old Testament and Prussia . Lid marked "IADKM", base indistinctly marked "IAKM". Circa 1760. KEPPELMANN, Johann Adolf Sheet brass, embossed lid and base. 3 x 15 x 5 cm. Scenes from the Old Testament on the hinged lid: the triumph of Joseph and Joseph and his brothers, flanked by inscription cartouches. On the base in a floral frame 3 cartouches with the Prussian eagle, flanked by 2 portrait cartouches with Prince Frederick Henry of Prussia and King Frederick the Great . Some signs of age/use.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- Messingblech
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 3 x 15 x 5 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-197402330
- Auction house
- Auktionshaus Wendl
- Listing object ID
- 197402330
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