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BARBASTRO, CIRCA 1630, MAKER'S MARK LACKING
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A Spanish silver casket
Barbastro, circa 1630, maker's mark lacking
Rectangular, on four compressed ball feet, with ribbed moulded borders, the sides repoussé and chased with a frieze of scrolling strapwork and vacant oval cartouches on a textured ground, the stepped domed cover similarly decorated, with raised central rectangular platform and central gadrooned dome with key-shaped finial, the corners of the cover and central platform each with an acorn-shaped finial (one detached), the centre front cover with hinged escutcheon fitting, the centre of casket with attached swivel key, marked on underside
4¾in. (12cm.) long
20ozs. (642gr.)
Barbastro, circa 1630, maker's mark lacking
Rectangular, on four compressed ball feet, with ribbed moulded borders, the sides repoussé and chased with a frieze of scrolling strapwork and vacant oval cartouches on a textured ground, the stepped domed cover similarly decorated, with raised central rectangular platform and central gadrooned dome with key-shaped finial, the corners of the cover and central platform each with an acorn-shaped finial (one detached), the centre front cover with hinged escutcheon fitting, the centre of casket with attached swivel key, marked on underside
4¾in. (12cm.) long
20ozs. (642gr.)
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