Series Of Six Teaspoons In Gilt Silver, Strasbourg By Johann Berentz, 1736-1750

-  Set of six small spoons
-  Hammered gilt silver
-  By Johann Remichius Berentz, master goldsmith in 1737
-  Strassburg, 1737-1750
-  Length: 14.2 cm; Weight: 185g
- Excellent condition

-  Set of six silver-gilt teaspoons, double-threaded and double-shell model, with threaded edge spoon.

-  From this goldsmith is known a set of six small spoons of this model in its box, kept at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Strassburg ([1] n°82, p.140 & [3] n°66). A pair of rock crystal pepper shakers mounted in vermeil sold at Sotheby’s on October 14, 2022, n°186 (Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume IV: les arts de la table).
-  Hallmarks (on the stem): Master goldsmith: IRB in a cartouche, Johann Remichius Berentz, master goldsmith in 1737 ([1] p.293); recognition: 13 in a shield surmounted by a fleur-de-lys, Strassburg, 1736-1750 ([4] n°1079b).
-  Ref. : [1] Collectif :"Deux siècles d’orfèvrerie à Strasbourg", Musées de Strasbourg, 2004 ; [2] Bimbenet-Privat & Furhing : "Orfèvrerie française, La collection Jourdan-Barry", Kugel éd. 2005 ; [3] Haug, Fischer & Hesselbarth : "Le siècle d’or de l’orfèvrerie de Strasbourg", Exposition chez Jacques Kugel du 10 au 31 octobre 1964, 1964 ; [4] Helft, Jacques : « Les poinçons des Provinces françaises », Ed. de Nobele, 1968