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the presentation snuffbox of Frederick the Great to General von
Wrangel in Hermann Historica, 76th auction, lot 5277, sold for
€ 12,500, and a similar snuffbox in “Kaiserlicher Kunstbesitz aus dem
holländischen Exil in Haus Doorn”, catalogue number 138.
In his (tr.) “History of the Seven Years‘ War” Frederick the Great
surmises (tr.) “Who could have anticipated or conceived that Prussia
would be able to resist the attack of this dreadful alliance between
Austria, Russia, France, Sweden and the entire Roman Empire and
emerge from a war, threatened with downfall from all sides, without the
least territorial loss?”. However, this was not his only success resulting
from the Peace of Hubertusburg on 15 February 1763; he also managed
to establish Prussia as the fifth major European power.
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€ 3.500
Angriff jenes furchtbaren Bündnisses von Österreich, Rußland,
Frankreich, Schweden und dem ganzen Römischen Reiche wider
stehen und aus einem Kriege, wo ihm überall Untergang drohte, ohne
den geringsten Verlust an Besitzungen hervorgehen würde?”. Doch
nicht nur dies gelang ihm mit dem Frieden von Hubertusburg am
15. Februar 1763, er schaffte es dadurch auch, Preußen als fünfte euro-
päische Großmacht zu etablieren.
Frederick the Great – a snuffbox on the Peace of Hubertusburg,
Berlin, 1763
Copper enamelled in blue, remnants of gilding. In the centre of the
domed lid crowned guard eagle with profile portrait of the King, sur-
rounded by the places and dates of his victorious battles in the first to
third Silesian Wars from Molwitz 1741 to Freiberg 1762. The body on
the obverse and reverse with crowned Prussian eagle seated above a
trophy bundle, on the side crowned cypher “FR”, placed between flag-
staff finial covers with repeated cypher “FR”. The interior enamelled in
white, the inside of the lid with hand-painted depiction of a monument
entwined with laurels and with inscription (tr.) “To the noble peace of
the greatest King Frederick 15 Febr. 1763”, flanked by trophies and
flags. The copper trim of the lid with remnants of gilding, engraved
tendril ornaments and eagle with spread wings on the obverse. Dimen-
sions approx. 8.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm.
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