Friday, 15 November 2024

Miniature Filigree and Enamel Casket - Schwabisch Gmund.

 


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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