AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1670, MAKER'S MARK PROBABLY THAT OF MATTHIAS GELB
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A German silver and ivory travelling necessaire in leather case
Augsburg, circa 1670, maker's mark probably that of Matthias Gelb
In shaped oblong brown leather case tooled with gilt fleur-de-lys, enclosing a silver-mounted ivory tablet with covers on one side with a bowing gentleman and on the other a standing lady, a trapeze-shaped two-sided hand mirror and a three-pronged fork, a silver bladed knife and a spoon each with detachable handles cast and chased with fluted and cane motifs and baluster ball finial, one finial pierced for salt, marked on spoon
the case 10 cm. (4 in.) long; the knife with handle 16.4 cm. (6½ in.) long
76 gr. (3 oz.)
Augsburg, circa 1670, maker's mark probably that of Matthias Gelb
In shaped oblong brown leather case tooled with gilt fleur-de-lys, enclosing a silver-mounted ivory tablet with covers on one side with a bowing gentleman and on the other a standing lady, a trapeze-shaped two-sided hand mirror and a three-pronged fork, a silver bladed knife and a spoon each with detachable handles cast and chased with fluted and cane motifs and baluster ball finial, one finial pierced for salt, marked on spoon
the case 10 cm. (4 in.) long; the knife with handle 16.4 cm. (6½ in.) long
76 gr. (3 oz.)
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Literature: featured in "Mirroirs" by Serge Roche, Germain Courage et Pierre Devinoy, Bibliothèque des Arts, 1985, illustration 82 and 83.