PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN PRESENTOIR
PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
WITH SPATULATE BLADE WIDENING TOWARDS THE SQUARED-OFF TIP, THE REAR HALF ETCHED AND GILT WITH THE FULL ARMS OF THE ELECTORS OF SAXONY AS USED BETWEEN 1539 AND 1610, LINKED BY A FACETED GILT-IRON MOULDING TO AN IVORY HANDLE OF FLATTENED OCTAGONAL SECTION INLAID WITH SMALL SILVER STARS, AND WITH GILT CAP WITH BUTTON (GILDING RUBBED THROUGHOUT)
21¼IN. (53.9CM.)
PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
WITH SPATULATE BLADE WIDENING TOWARDS THE SQUARED-OFF TIP, THE REAR HALF ETCHED AND GILT WITH THE FULL ARMS OF THE ELECTORS OF SAXONY AS USED BETWEEN 1539 AND 1610, LINKED BY A FACETED GILT-IRON MOULDING TO AN IVORY HANDLE OF FLATTENED OCTAGONAL SECTION INLAID WITH SMALL SILVER STARS, AND WITH GILT CAP WITH BUTTON (GILDING RUBBED THROUGHOUT)
21¼IN. (53.9CM.)
Provenance
CHARLES G. RIDPATH, SOTHEBY & CO., 18-19 FEBRUARY 1942, LOT 131