Antique European Filigree: Several Cosmetics Caskets -17th Century possibly Schwabisch Gmund.

Mid 17th Century Silver Filigree Candlestick.

In the Bayerische National Museum.

Note the early use of the enamel panel - probably South German Schwabisch Gmund or Augsburg.

No size given.

The photograph of this candle stand along with the Crucifix appears in the book.

Das Gmunder Schmuckhandwerk Bis Zum Beginn des XIX Jahrhunderts pu. Lempp Verlag 1971.

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Pair of 17th Century Silver Filigree Candle Holders.

with Boxwood Turnings and Reliefs.

One story is that they were given by Anne of Austria (mother of Louis XIV) to the Carmelite Convent at Pontoise, but M Bimbenet Private states that they were given by Madame Charlotte Seguier Duchesse de Verneuil in 1767.

This remains to be clarified.

Hopefully I will find some better photographs.

Silver filigree with inset carved boxwood reliefs.

Pair of early / mid 17th century Silver filigree Candlesticks given by Anne of Austria (mother of Louis XIV) to the Carmelite Convent, Pontoise, France

La paire de chandeliers en filigrane d'argent à sept bobèches conservée dans les collections carmélitaines (Michèle Bimbenet-Privat, Les Orfèvres et l'orfèvrerie de Paris au XVIIème siècle, Edition des Musées de la Ville de Paris, 2002, pp. 17-18).

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A Possibly Related Casket in the Schell Collection, Graz, Austria.

Silver Filigree Casket in the Schell Collection.

The Schell Museum thought that the plaques were not original and of some sort of fired clay - without close inspection one can never be sure, but I suggest the panels are carved boxwood as in the candlestick above.

https://www.schell-collection.com/objekt-des-monats/objekt-des-monats-juni/

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Another casket perhaps related to the Schell Casket

In the collection at Burghley House, Lincolnshire.

The inner frame that holds the eight gilt scent bottles and has an oval central compartment could possibly be the ‘Gold Case for Essence Bottles, of philligrin’ mentioned in the 1690 Deed of Gift, or Devonshire Schedule, which records the massive bequest to Anne, Countess of Exeter from her mother, Elizabeth Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire.

The bottles bear the mark of John Chartier, a Huguenot working in London in the 17th Century.

I am very grateful to Jon Culverhouse at Burghley for his assistance with the Filigree Collection at the house.

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Another related 17th Century Silver Filigree Casket.

Ex Collection of Lynda Whiting (Brine).

Recently sold by Wessex Auctions - Lot 208, 22 Oct 2022.

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/wessex-auction-rooms/catalogue-id-srwess10349/lot-2f195c60-5d3e-4f12-bc75-af2e011ae5bf

Here suggested as South German perhaps Schwabisch Gmund.

The enamel panels have French inscriptions.