Art in the Corona Crisis, Part III

After the standstill during the first phase of the corona pandemic, a transformation process has started which is really amazing. At first the new channels of communication and presentation completely had to replace the visit to the museum,
but with the gradual opening of the museums it became clear once again how important and systemically relevant art and culture are for our society.

Nevertheless, the new opportunities of digitalization are an absolute gain for the museums and the public. The digital offers complement and deepen the visit to the museum in a unique and wonderful way.

With this in mind, today, after looking around the German and European museums in recent weeks for significant historical silver, we would like to present you with this newsletter some wonderful objects that are in the collections of American museums.

We wish you exciting reading and great discoveries.
We would of course be very happy if you also browse our website.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

toilet set in original leathercase
Augsburg 1743/45
14 identified german goldsmiths, Japanese Imari

Silver-gilt bowl
Cypriot, ca. 725–675 B.C.

Teakettle. lamp and table
London: 1724–25
Simon Pantin I

Automaton in Form “Diana and the stag”
Joachim Friess, ca. 1620

Reliquary Statuette of Saint Christopher
French, ca. 1375-1425

Tureen with Stand
Bernhard Heinrich Weyhe,
Augsburg 1769–71

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

“La Machine d’Argent” or Centerpiece for a table
Francois Thomas Germain, Paris 1754

Teureen, Liner and stand (one of a pair)
Thomas Germain , arm added by François-Thomas Germain , Paris 1726/29

Pair of Stags
Johann Ludwig Biller the Elder, Augsburg 1680/1700