AN AUGSBURG RENAISSANCE FRUITWOOD, BURRWOOD AND MARQUETRY BOX

CIRCA 1570

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AN AUGSBURG RENAISSANCE FRUITWOOD, BURRWOOD AND MARQUETRY BOX
Circa 1570
The hinged rectangular cover centering an oval reserve depicting an elephant hunt within a border of fruit foliate scrolls, with similar medallion to the reverse depicting a gentleman on horseback holding a falcon, the divided interior centering a deep open compartment inlaid with a fruit spray and the sides with various animals alternating with foliate bouquets, above a pair of sliding molded covers revealing one long and two short secret drawers, flanked by a pair of lidded compartments inlaid with foliate scrolls, the interior with geometric inlay, the exterior sides depicting various hunt scences, lacking one secret drawer
4in. (10cm.) high, 16in. (42.5cm.) wide, 11in. (28cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A marquetry table top, circa 1570, with very similar border decoration of strapwork entwined with leafy branches and flowerheads, is in the Ulm Museum. It was probably made for Marx Rehlinger and Juliana Rot, who were married on 8 April 1562 (A. Gruber, The Renaissance and Mannerism in Europe, 1994, p. 293). The strapwork decoration owes much to prints from Geometrica et Perspectiva by Lorenz Stoer, published in Augsburg circa 1567.

Very similar hunting scenes also appear on an enamelled silver writing box by the goldsmiths Hans and Elias Lencker, Nuremberg, circa 1580, now in the Schatzkammer of the Residenz, Munich.

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