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PROBABLY GERMAN, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT AND HARDSTONE COFFER
Probably German, 19th century
In Renaissance style; rectangular on ball-and-claw feet, the lid and body applied with oval lapis lazuli panels within laurel leaf borders interspersed by red jasper columns, the hinged domed cover with a carrying handle, the gilt-metal interior etched with strapwork and arabesques, apparently unmarked
9in. (22.8cm.) long
Probably German, 19th century
In Renaissance style; rectangular on ball-and-claw feet, the lid and body applied with oval lapis lazuli panels within laurel leaf borders interspersed by red jasper columns, the hinged domed cover with a carrying handle, the gilt-metal interior etched with strapwork and arabesques, apparently unmarked
9in. (22.8cm.) long
Provenance
Bulgari, Rome