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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN MELCHIOR DINGLINGER (1664-1731), DRESDEN, CIRCA 1720
Details
A RARE SAXON BAROQUE MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
attributed to Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731), Dresden, circa 1720
Flattened oval box, the cover and base set with oval mother-of-pearl panels mounted jour, the slightly convex cover plaque applied with four gold clasps pierced and chased with brainesque scrolls, shells and a mask, the plain gold sides chased with reeding
36 (78 mm.) wide
attributed to Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731), Dresden, circa 1720
Flattened oval box, the cover and base set with oval mother-of-pearl panels mounted jour, the slightly convex cover plaque applied with four gold clasps pierced and chased with brainesque scrolls, shells and a mask, the plain gold sides chased with reeding
36 (78 mm.) wide
Provenance
Pilster Collection, Berlin; Lempertz, Cologne, sale 446, 28 April 1954, lot 202.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
W. Holzhausen, 'Objets d'art et de haute curiosit', Weltkunst, 7, 1 April 1954, pp. 8-9 (as by Dinglinger).
W. Holzhausen, 'Dosen und Miniaturen', Keysers Kunst-und Antiquittenbuch, Heidelberg, 1957, p. 71 (as circle of Dinglinger).
E. von Watzdorf, Johann Melchior Dinglinger, Berlin, 1962, I, pp. 78 (as Dinglinger), 294 (as probably J. M. Dinglinger), illustrated fig. 378.
W. Holzhausen, 'Unbekannte Pretiosen von Joh. Melchior Dinglinger', Weltkunst, 7, 1 April 1966, p. 287, illustrated (as by Johann Melchior Dinglinger).
W. Holzhausen, 'Dosen und Miniaturen', Keysers Kunst-und Antiquittenbuch, Heidelberg, 1957, p. 71 (as circle of Dinglinger).
E. von Watzdorf, Johann Melchior Dinglinger, Berlin, 1962, I, pp. 78 (as Dinglinger), 294 (as probably J. M. Dinglinger), illustrated fig. 378.
W. Holzhausen, 'Unbekannte Pretiosen von Joh. Melchior Dinglinger', Weltkunst, 7, 1 April 1966, p. 287, illustrated (as by Johann Melchior Dinglinger).