| Owner: | Baron et Baronne Cassel van Doorn — Cannes/Ruoms, France |
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| Collection: | (Aktion Berta) The Cassel property was plundered from an estate in Cannes and a house in Ruoms (Ardèche). Some items were conveyed by train to Paris and then to Austrian repositories. Others transited via Marseille and were shipped to Germany. The Ruoms property went straight to Schloss Thurntal in Eastern Austria. |
| Inventory No.: | B-589 a B-589 b |
| Artist: | a) Barock b) 1800 |
| Medium: | Decorative Arts |
| Title: | Silberkännchen |
| Description: | a) Silberkännchen, Birnform, ovaler Grundriss, H. 15 cm b) Silberkännchen, zylindrische Form mit flachem Ausguß u. schwarzem Holzgraff. Reliefdekor, Silberdeckel m. flachrundem Holzknauf, Silberhenkel m. Blumenkranz. Um den Deckel Flechtband. Wandung durch Lorbeers reifen in rechteckige Flächen geteilt, darin Frau Harfe, spielend, Frau m. Zirkel u. […] geflügelte herrenartige Frauengestalten- H. 13 ½ cm. Unt. Dm 8 cm. |
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| Archival Sources: | RA 90, MAEE, Paris, France; |
| Measurements: | a) H. 15 cm; b) H. 13 ½ cm; D. 8 cm. |
| Intake place: | Cannes/Ruoms, France |
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