Apprenticeship Certificate for Joseph Friedrich Drewitz,: issued by the Berlin merchant Carl Reinhold Eckstein.
by [BERLIN - APPRENTICESHIP]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A very good example of a late eighteenth century Berlin guild apprenticeship certificate, marking the successful completion by Joseph Friedrich Drewitz of a six-year apprenticeship in the special goods store of the merchant Carl Reinhold (here stated as Reinhard) Eckstein. Signed by the guild elders Johann Jacob Gilles and Johann Jacob Witte, as well as by Eckstein himself, the certificate is adorned with an attractive gouache depicting the island of San Secondo in Venice; now entirely left to nature, this was at the time the Venetian hub for the trade in herbs and spices from Asia, and the illustration depicts gondolas loaded with goods and barrels, approaching the island's warehouses; one might speculate that much of Eckstein's business, and thus much of Drewitz's education, involved the continuation of the Venetian spice trade into Prussia. The wax seal is here embedded into a cutout below the text.
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- Seller
- Bernard Quaritch Ltd (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- H5444
- Title
- Apprenticeship Certificate for Joseph Friedrich Drewitz,
- Author
- [BERLIN - APPRENTICESHIP]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- 1775
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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