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Antique Silver Cigarette Case Memento Mori Skull Doctors c1900 256g by R.Hertz For Sale


Antique Silver Cigarette Case Memento Mori Skull Doctors c1900 256g by R.Hertz
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Antique Silver Cigarette Case Memento Mori Skull Doctors c1900 256g by R.Hertz:
$3518.67

Antique Cigarette Case Silver Memento Mori Skull Doctors c1900 256g by R.Hertz Antique Cigarette Case Silver Memento Mori Skull Doctors c1900 256g by R.Hertz

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I am pleased to offer from my private collection this

I am pleased to offer from my private collection this  rare antique solid  silver  Memento Mori Skull Doctor's cigarette case c1900's made by the most famous Danish Royal Court Jeweler Peter Hertz.
The case is decorated with high relief medicine and Memento Mori symbols like skull,snake,chalice and a tag engraved in Latin"Omnium Arttium Medicina Nobilissima est" translated as" the most noble art is the Medicine".

Excellent/mint condition.
12.5x8.4cm

The case is very impressive-256g heavy!

Hallmarked.

History:
Peter Hertz opened his workshop in 1834 and for a period of time had a location in Ostergrade but eventually settled on the corner of Kobmagergrade and Kronpirnsengrade in Copenhagen where it exists today. He won exhibitions in Malmo in 1881, Liverpool 1886, Paris 1889, and Chicago 1895, with his jewelry and hollow-ware pieces that showcased scenes from Danish history. In 1906, one of his most notable pieces, a centerpiece with two twelve armed candelabra featuring a scene from the Nordic Edda, of Gefion plowing out Zealand was created. That very year he was also appointed as Court Jeweler. In 1876, his sons, Jacob and Sally continued the silver tradition and opened the first silver factory to use electricity in Denmark, which continued under Johan and Knud Hertz until it was shut down in 1960. Although the select few pieces made under the P. Hertz name are now executed y Erik Sjodahl, the shop itself still remains. Many of the pieces created by P. Hertz at the turn of the century were designed by such notable names as Johan Rhode, Thorvald Bindesboll, and Harald Slott-Moller.



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