A gilt copper and brass miniature casket, South German, early 17th century

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A gilt copper and brass miniature casket, South German, early 17th century
probably from the workshops of Michel or Conradt Mann, the panels all engraved with fruit and foliage, the cover with loop handle and lockplate, the interior locking mechanism shooting four bolts, losses and damages -- 3in. (8.2cm.) wide
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
For further discussion on Mann caskets or Mankstchen see Claude Blair Arms, Armour and Base-Metalwork in the James A.Rothschild Collection Geneva 1974, no.s 225-226, and Nicholas Penny Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford 1992, volume II, no.357.

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