A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED WOOD CASKET
SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700-1720
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED WOOD CASKET SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700-1720 Of shaped rectangular form; mounted overall with pierced silver and silver-gilt appliques; the hinged lid also decorated with an oval silver repousse relief possibly depicting Callisto taken up to Olympus by Jupiter, flanked by two oval portrait profiles of a man and woman executed in mother-of-pearl, brass and stained ivory; the interior lined with velvet and with removeable tray; a central drawer below with a spring lock and key; on four silver and wood bun feet; minor losses, damages and restorations 14 x 7½ x 10 7/8 in. (36.6 x 19.1 x 28.7 cm.)
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED WOOD CASKET
SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700-1720
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED WOOD CASKET SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700-1720 Of shaped rectangular form; mounted overall with pierced silver and silver-gilt appliques; the hinged lid also decorated with an oval silver repousse relief possibly depicting Callisto taken up to Olympus by Jupiter, flanked by two oval portrait profiles of a man and woman executed in mother-of-pearl, brass and stained ivory; the interior lined with velvet and with removeable tray; a central drawer below with a spring lock and key; on four silver and wood bun feet; minor losses, damages and restorations 14 x 7½ x 10 7/8 in. (36.6 x 19.1 x 28.7 cm.)
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