17th Century Filigree Silver Cassolette- Hermitage St Peterburg

 

17th Century Silver Filigree Cassolette

or Perfume Burner.

Hermitage, St Petersburg.

Height 31 cms.

The shape is typically French but was found in England.(see illustration below).

It seems most likely that this came from the collection of William III - its weight is almost the same as the cassolette in a Dutch inventory.

In 1664 and 1665 the Hague goldsmith Hans Breghtel (1609 - 75) supplied the court in the Hague of William of Orange with a square gold box Chinese work with Amalias monogram and a pyramid in gold being a perfume burner Chinese work. 

For Breghtel see my earlier post.

https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-magnificent-dutch-clock.html

This cassolette was transferred from the State Services Cabinet to the Winter Palace in 1789.

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The V and A Silver Cassolette or Perfume Burner / Brazier c 1630/40.

The innards are missing.

Rather crudely inscribed with the name Gerolamo Cao, canon of Caligari Cathedral, Sardinia, and with the arms of the Cao family.

The inscription round the top of the cover refers to Gerolamo Cao, son of Don Pietro Cao and Donna Giovanna Giordano. He was born at Cagliari (Sardinia) at the end of the sixteenth century. He was educated at Rome, where he entered into holy orders. Returning to Cagliari he was appointed profesor of law at the university and canon of the cathedral. He wrote works on Sardinian history including a continuation in Italian covering the years 1557-1640 of the De rebus sardis of Faro. These were never published and are perhaps lost.

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O323099/perfume-burner-unknown/

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Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1634/36-1699) - Cassolette d'argent aux armes de France et deux urnes remplies de fleurs, collection de Louis XIV – Musée National du Château de Versailles.

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17th Century Cassolette Silver Gilt and Nephrite.

Prado Museum Madrid.

Height: 37.4 cm; Diameter: 23 cm; ;  base: 29 cm; Bottom of the base: 16.5 cm.

https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/small-jade-and-silver-gilt-brazier-with-two-masks/8ba5a567-f18b-469f-b2da-ff3722e21b69

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English Silver Cassolette

1675

43 cms tall.

Metropolitan Museum.

Marked T L (British, mid-late 17th century).

 Date: ca. 1675.

Metropolitan Museum