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Objekt 25

Writing instrument with the coat of arms of the von Schwencksfeld family

Description

This writing instrument was given by Carolina von Schwencksfeld (1728-1820) as a gift to her groom, Leonhard Burckhardt (1729-1817), a councillor of Basel, at her marriage in 1764. This is how it has been handed down in the family.

Object description

Goldsmith: Johann Jakob Adam (around 1720-1792)

Augsburg, around 1710/20

Silver

Gift Georgine Burckhardt-Vischer in memory of Carl Felix Wilhelm Burckhardt-Vischer

Inv. 1920.71.

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