A Nuremberg Christening Spoon and Taler in the Original Tooled Leather Case

Description

Maker Friedrich Bierfreund (1708/09-1746), Nuremberg circa 1740

Length of case 22cm

Friedrich Bierfreund was a highly regarded Nuremberg maker; examples of his work are in several public collections and museums, amongst them two sets of cutlery in their case in Stuttgart, Landesmuseum Württemberg (s. Karin Tebbe e.a., Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868, Nuremberg 2007, vol. I, no. 64, p. 56f