A 17th/ 18th Century Silver and Silver Gilt Filigree Casket -
and Several Related Caskets with Solomonic Columns.
It would be very useful to see photographs of the detail of the hinges on the backs of these caskets in order to make comparisons.
(post in preparation - updated 7 April 2023).
Possibly Scandinavian, perhaps South German.
The Museum suggest Goa!
I am in correspondence with Hugo Miguel Crespo of Lisbon University who reliably informs me that there is absolutely no documentary proof available so far, of any filigree manufacture in Goa.
This casket is in the Museum von Hessen Kassel.
The similarities in technique and detail lead me to believe that all these caskets (except for the enamelled Sotheby's example - and possible the PAB example below) were made in the same or a related North European workshop.
Casket at the Museum von Hessen Kassel.
10.7 x 16.8 x 12.5 cms.
Literature:
Schütte, Rudolf-Alexander: The silver collection of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel.
Inventory catalog of goldsmith work from the 16th
to 18th centuries in the State Museums in Kassel. Kassel / Wolfratshausen 2003,
pp. 364-365, cat. no. 81.
Bott, Gerhard: Count Friedrich Casimir of Hanau (1623 -
1685). The "King of Cockaigne" and his art treasures. Hanau 2015, pp.
154-155, cat. no. 33.
Images and information from:
http://datenbank.museum-kassel.de/47224/
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Museum von Hessen Kassel Casket photographed prior to 1886.
Photograph here of the from the MAK archives, Vienna.
19th Century Photograph.
Publisher: Lübek and Th. Kay Nöhring & Wellerhaus , Kassel , before 1886.
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17th / 18th Century Silver Filigree Casket.
In The David Collection, Copenhagen.
The details of the workmanship particularly the detail at the top of the columns and the bun feet suggest to me that this and the Museum von Hessen Kassel Casket (above) and the Kunsthistorisches Museum Casket (below) were both manufactured in the same workshop.
David Collection, Copenhagen.
W.22.7cms. D. 16cms.
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The Bergen Casket.
43 cms wide.
Art Museum Bergen, Norway.
Published in Om Filigran, 1959. Page 69.
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The Kunsthistorisches MuseumVienna Casket.
17th / 18th Century Casket Gold Filigree and Diamonds.
H. 9,7 cm, B. 16 cm,
T. 10,2 cms.
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The Kunstkammer Georg Laue Casket.
With dealer Georg Laue in 2010.
I expect to receive more information and better photographs in due course.
For Georg Laue see -
https://www.kunstkammer.com/index.php/en/
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From the archive of Galerie Soa Roque, Lisbon. Portugal.
I suspect that the columns were originally clad in filigree which is now missing.
http://www.antiguidadessaoroque.com/content/cofre-filigrana-de-prata-1
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The Rosenborg Castle Silver Filigree Casket.
12-194: Silver Filigree Casket L: 24,4 cms.
To Rosenborg 1867, from the Royal Kunstkammer. Mentioned as being at Rosenborg in 1775.
Probably from the estate of Queen Sophie Magdalene (1700-70).
Perhaps a wedding present from king Christian V (1646-99) to
his wife Queen Charlotte Amalie (1650-1714), at their wedding 1667.
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This casket is unusual - It shares the same style of ball feet and the central bosses in the two front panel and on the side panels.
The half pyramid terminations at the top of the columns does not appear on any other casket of this sort.
Formerly with PAB, Lisbon, Portugal.
https://pab.pt/pages/contactos
Update3 October 2023.
A much higher resolution image of the PAB casket.
very kindly provided by Hugo Miguel Crespo of Lisbon University.
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The Veritas Auctions Silver Gilt, Silver Filigree and Enamel
Casket.
With engaged columns at the corners.
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9 x 17 x 10.5 cms
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See also my post on Silver and Silver Gilt Filigree Caskets.
https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2023/01/spectacular-and-large-silver-gilt.html
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