| Collection: | (BoR) Botschaft Rothschild--The largest collections stolen in France mostly by specialized elements of the German occupation forces belonged to the Rothschild family. The German Embassy in Paris guided by Ambassador Otto Abetz, oversaw the plunder of property belonging to various members of the Rothschild family, including Maurice, Alexandrine, James-Armand and Edmond. These early removals of Rothschild property occurred in the summer and fall of 1940 and were greatly aided by the Devisenschutzkommando (DSK), a securities and financial fraud police organization that had jurisdiction over bank vaults and safe deposit boxes where thousands of art objects were stored for safekeeping. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Inventory No.: | BoR 327 1-6 AUS KISTE NR. B 137 |
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| Artist: | 1754 - 55, Meister Henry Miller, Meister in London, 1739-55 / London | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium: | Decorative Arts | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Sechs Leuchter. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Marken: Leopardenkopf mit Krone - London 1719 - Gegenwart Schreitender Löwe: London 1739 - 56 Jahreszeichen: 1754, 1755. Meisterzeichen: H * M = (?) Henry Miller Lit.M.Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Ffm. 1911, Nr.4527, 4528, 4550). Beschreibung: Runder, passig geschweifter, gewölbter Fuss, balusterförmiger Schaft, gebuckelte Tülle, geschweifter Tropfenteller. Zwischen Schaft und Tülle eine eine glatte Einschnürung. Blüten, Akanthusblätt und Rocaillendekor. Modern eingraviertes Monogramm mit Adelskrone. H. 26 cm Zustand Behandlung: Tropfenteiler bei Nr. 5 fehlt. |
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| Literature: | Vgl. Charles Francis Jackson : English Goldsmiths and their marks, London 1921, S. 203 u. Sir Ambrose Heal: The London Goldsmiths, 1200-1800, Cambridge 1935, S. 206 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Archival Sources: | RG 260 M1943 Reel 2 NARA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Measurements: | 26 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Intake place: | German Embassy, Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer place: | Jeu de Paume | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer date: | 1941-05-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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