A Renaissance ewer for Leipzig

14/9/24 - Acquisition - Leipzig, Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Grassi Museum of Applied Arts) - To mark the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its opening, the Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Leipzig has added a Renaissance ewer in Limousin enamel, acquired from the German gallery Julius Böhler with the support of the Ernst Von Siemens Foundation. It is a remarkable addition to the small collection of 16th-century Limoges enamel dinner services that has already been preserved. From the collection of the famous banker and collector Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, this ewer, like his entire collection, was sold during the Nazi persecutions before being returned to his descendants in New York in 1949. In April 1950, it was acquired by the archaeologist and art dealer…