Antique European Filigree

Monday, 6 March 2023

18th Century Silver Filigree Bottle Container

18th Century Silver Filigree Bottle Container.

South German?

Gallery of the Palm Beaches.

Lot 336, Winter Auctions, 12 Feb. 2013.

Width approx. 15 cms.

Images from old internet files collected originally in 2013.

Saturday, 4 March 2023

18th Century Silver Filigree Belt Clasp MAK.

An 18th Century Silver Filigree and Enamel Belt Clasp,

MAK.Vienna.

A gentle clean is in order!

For several pieces of Ottoman Filigree Silver and Enamel work see -

https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2023/01/sothebys-catalogue-note-another.html

Length 31.2 cms.

MAK suggest Transylvania c. 1700.

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Armenian? Silver Gilt, Silver Filigree and Enamel Casket.

Previously with London Dealer Michael Backman.

Length: 12cm, height: 9.1cm, depth: 6.7cms.

https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/object/rare-armenian-silver-filigree-enamelled-gilt-box-set-with-emeralds-pearls-garnets/

Once again many thanks to Michael Backman.

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There are Scandinavian Beakers with similar enamel decoration, but it also bears a resemblance to other pieces which are presumed to have been made in Istanbul.

There are a pair of Beakers of Silver Gilt and Silver filigree with enamel decoration by Rudolf Wittkopf d.1722 in the Stockholm National Museum.

https://collection.nationalmuseum.se:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=9134&viewType=detailView

and another in the Hermitage, St Petersburg.

See my previous post -

https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-late-17th-century-silver-and-silver.html

The Jury is out!

18th Century Dutch Silver Relief in a Silver Filigree Frame.

A 18th Century Dutch Silver Relief in a Silver Filigree Frame.

with Repousse Tavern scene.

Photographed in an Antique shop in Portobello Road, London, 11Jan. 2014.

Size approx 9 cms.

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There is a small 18th Century silver filigree box with a relief of a Dutch genre tavern scene in the small collection of filigree at Lanhydrock House in Cornwall.

National Trust.

Friday, 3 March 2023

Bruun Rasmussen 4 October 2010

17th Century Silver Gilt Filigree Beaker.

Mounted with portraits of Christian IV of Denmark and his sister Anna wife of James I of England.

Decorated with Garnets

Lot 161. Bruun Rasmussen Auctions, Bredgade, Copenhagen - 4 October 2010.

Catalogue Entry - A rather stilted translation by Google!

"Christian IV" filigree lidded goblet with garnets and oval miniature with Christian IV and the king's sister Anna of Denmark, married to James I of England, cylindrical.

Approx. 1675-1710, presumably Swedish and apparently unstamped.

There is much evidence that this filigree lidded goblet was commissioned work, the crowned shape of the lid, the crowns above the miniatures match the garnet legs and the rest of the goblet.

The miniatures are attributed to Jacob van Doordt (Hamburg, before 1606-Stockholm 1629). Weight 1048 gr. H. 22 cms.

The reason for honoring the particularly close connection between the Danish and English royal families could be the marriage between Prince Jørgen, Duke of Cumberland, (1653 -1708), son of Frederik III (1609-1670), grandson of Christian IV (1577-1648) , who married in 1683 Anne of York (1574-1619) who ascended the throne of England as Anne Queen of Great Britain in 1702.

All their children died young, if not the eldest son William Henry Prince of Denmark, Duke of Gloucester (1689-1700) to have become an English king and to have founded a Danish dynasty in England. grandson of Christian IV (1577-1648), who married in 1683 Anne of York (1574-1619) who ascended the throne of England as Anne Queen of Great Britain in 1702.

It may well be that this was a Swedish gift sent from Prince Jørgen's sister Ulrika Eleonora the elder (1656-1693), granddaughter of Christian IV, married to Charles XI of Sweden in 1680 and thus queen of Sweden until 1693.

The painter Jacob van Doordt originally worked in Hamburg. Here he learnt the traditional painting style used for portraits of princes. Most of his work was done on trips to Braunschweig, Gottorp, Denmark and England.

In 1611 van Doordt was commissioned by Christian IV to paint Queen Anne Cathrine and the royal couple's eldest son, Prince Christian, who had been hailed as heir to the throne that same year. After Anne Cathrine's death in 1612, van Doordt painted several portraits of Kirsten Munk. The greatest recognition from Denmark's king, however, came in the form of a recommendation to the English king, James 1.

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Lot 745 Sotheby's Amsterdam 18 Feb 2003.

Obviously related to the images above.

17th Century Gold Filigree Cradle with Pearl Child.

17th Century Dutch Gold Filigree Cradle with Pearl Child.

Pitti Palace, Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Florence.

There are some very eccentric objects pictured on this website but this piece has to rank as one of the most exceptional.

Size 49 x 55 mm

Inscribed AVGVROR EVENIET (on the back, near the two rockers).

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The Museum Description.

The cradle, in gold filigree with four handles garnished with pearls, has a large baroque pearl that is like a duvet from which the head of a new-born baby emerges, made with another similar, but smaller pearl, partially engraved with facial features. The child is placed on a decorative gold cushion surrounded by diamonds with faux black and white enamel embroidery. The inside of the cradle is lined in blue silk, quilted with minute pearls. The cot rests on two gold rockers in openwork to allow them to rock.

The presence of the word “AVGVROR EVENIET” added in gold thread on the back of the jewel shows that it was a precious gift from the Palatine Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz-Neuburg (1658 – 1716) to his wife Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici (1667 – 1743), daughter of the Grand Duke Cosimo III and last exponent of the illustrious lineage, as a good omen for the announced birth of a son and heir that would, however, never arrive.

The precious object was linked to a letter sent from Amsterdam by André Joseph van der Cruyce to Johann Wilhelm in which he announced the news of the sending of “a swaddled infant in eastern pearls” with its “cradle”.

The Dutch origin of the precious item appears to be confirmed by the similarities with a real cradle in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and technical likenesses with gold jewellery produced in that city and still conserved in the museum.

Inventory no. Gem 1921, no. 2566.

Image at top from

https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/cradle-with-child