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Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild (5 August 1820 – 16 October 1886) was a German Jewish banker and politician, as well as scion of the Rothschild family.
Carl Mayer Freiherr [1] von Rothschild (24 April 1788 – 10 March 1855) was a Frankfurt-born banker in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the founder of the Neopolitan branch of the prominent Rothschild family.
From his base in Naples, Carl Mayer von Rothschild was to head a strategically important branch of the family business. Two hundred and two years ago this month, on 16 September 1818, Carl married Adelheid Herz in Frankfurt.
Mayer Carl von Rothschild’s collection of almost five thousand works of art was set out in his Frankfurt house on the Untermainquai and his villa at the Gunthersburg, outside the town. 36 German plate stood out among the Limoges enamels, gold boxes from Paris, Dresden and Vienna
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Jan 5, 1997 · The elaborate leather-bound catalogue once belonged to Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the man behind a financial empire that fueled capitalism in the 19th century and beyond.
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Mayer Carl and Louise amassed an incomparable collection of over 5,000 works of art; displayed in their house in the Untermainkai and the Günthersburg mansion. Mayer Carl was a noted and discerning collector of silver and gold objects and his collection was one of the finest ever created.
