Lot 120
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A FINE GERMAN COPPER-MOUNTED GILT-BRASS JEWEL CASKET, attributed to Michael Mann, Nuremburg, circa 1630, rectangular, the cover edged with two putti each seated on a skull, one with hourglass, the other blowing bubbles, with central swing handle and strip above the keyhole, the sides etched with birds and foliage, the ends with a rabbit and dog, the angles and sides with openwork lyre-shaped straps, the base with Pegasus, on four ball feet, the interior of the cover with elaborate iron mechanism, with applied gilt cross--2 3/8in. (7.2cm) long with key

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A FINE GERMAN COPPER-MOUNTED GILT-BRASS JEWEL CASKET, attributed to Michael Mann, Nuremburg, circa 1630, rectangular, the cover edged with two putti each seated on a skull, one with hourglass, the other blowing bubbles, with central swing handle and strip above the keyhole, the sides etched with birds and foliage, the ends with a rabbit and dog, the angles and sides with openwork lyre-shaped straps, the base with Pegasus, on four ball feet, the interior of the cover with elaborate iron mechanism, with applied gilt cross--2 3/8in. (7.2cm) long with key

Lot Essay

Although unsigned, this casket is typical of Mann's work and can be compared with an example signed 'Michael Mann', illustrated by W. Wixom, Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections, 1975, cat. no. 191. At least two other signed examples of similar material and color scheme to the present example are recorded.

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