Tsarina Catherine II (the Great) – A ring,
gold, carnelian, set with numerous diamonds, oval ring plate with carved portrait in profile of the Tsarina, the inside inscribed: "HECHELMÜLLER ST. PETEBOURG fecit", 2,1 x 1,9 cm, Gross Weight: 4,6 g, French re-hallmarking stamp of later date, ca. 1780, (Lu)
A very rare presentation ring of the Tsarina. Hechelmüller, originally from Schaffhausen in Switzerland, is documented as having been working as a jeweller in St. Petersburg between 1780-1797. He had an active interest in geology and stone cutting techniques; in 1797/1798, he presented the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg with several labradorite samples. As early as 1790, a certain William Lolly offered a granite sample discovered by Hechelmüller for sale in a St Petersburg newspaper. ("..vom Juwelier entdeckte ... Granit Masse, unter dem Namen eines Russian Labrador-Muttersteines für 1000 Rubel an und sagte von derselben, daß die Matrix mit mannigfaltigen Farben ins Rothe spiele, auch nur etwas poliert, tigerbunt und aschgrau erscheine..").
Specialist: Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff
Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff
+43-1-515 60-363
antiquitaeten@dorotheum.at
25.11.2014 - 13:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 17,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 12,000.- to EUR 16,000.-
Tsarina Catherine II (the Great) – A ring,
gold, carnelian, set with numerous diamonds, oval ring plate with carved portrait in profile of the Tsarina, the inside inscribed: "HECHELMÜLLER ST. PETEBOURG fecit", 2,1 x 1,9 cm, Gross Weight: 4,6 g, French re-hallmarking stamp of later date, ca. 1780, (Lu)
A very rare presentation ring of the Tsarina. Hechelmüller, originally from Schaffhausen in Switzerland, is documented as having been working as a jeweller in St. Petersburg between 1780-1797. He had an active interest in geology and stone cutting techniques; in 1797/1798, he presented the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg with several labradorite samples. As early as 1790, a certain William Lolly offered a granite sample discovered by Hechelmüller for sale in a St Petersburg newspaper. ("..vom Juwelier entdeckte ... Granit Masse, unter dem Namen eines Russian Labrador-Muttersteines für 1000 Rubel an und sagte von derselben, daß die Matrix mit mannigfaltigen Farben ins Rothe spiele, auch nur etwas poliert, tigerbunt und aschgrau erscheine..").
Specialist: Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff
Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff
+43-1-515 60-363
antiquitaeten@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Silver |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 25.11.2014 - 13:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 15.11. - 25.11.2014 |
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