Miniature Filigree and Enamel Casket.
Early 18th Century.
Schwabisch Gmund.
H without handle 3.4; W 4.8; D 3.4 cm,
For sale With Lempertz, Koln. Lot 574 15 November 2024.
Miniature filigree box Silver. in the center a small enamel plaque with figurative representations in fine polychromy. Inside, on the bottom, a heart-shaped plaque with Cupid as an allegory of vanity.
Without maker's mark..
Probably Schwäbisch Gmünd, first half of the 18th century.
Literature Cf. Heike
Krause-Schmidt, "...ihr Brot mit kleiner Silber-Arbeit erwerben", Die
Geschichte des Gmünder Goldschmiedegewerbes, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1999, p. 163 et
seq., ill. no. 20 et seq.
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