Lot Essay
The present casket bears the maker's mark of Nikolaus Fischer, who is known to have applied to become a master of the guild of goldsmiths in Augsburg in 1637.
Details
A STEEL-MOUNTED SILVER-GILT CASKET
BY NIKOLAUS FISCHER, MID 17TH CENTURY
Stamped in several places with maker's marks and the hallmarks for Augsburg; each end with a hinged loop handle held by a lion's mask.
3 7/8in. (9.9cm.) high
BY NIKOLAUS FISCHER, MID 17TH CENTURY
Stamped in several places with maker's marks and the hallmarks for Augsburg; each end with a hinged loop handle held by a lion's mask.
3 7/8in. (9.9cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, p. 183
H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, p. 183