拍品 44
44
A SWEDISH SILVER FILIGREE AND SILVER-GILT CASKET, of rectangular form, on bun feet, the lid and sides richly decorated with applied filigree stylised foliage, enlivened with silver-gilt rosettes, (one foot lacking filigree applique; spring knop later), late 17th Century

細節
A SWEDISH SILVER FILIGREE AND SILVER-GILT CASKET, of rectangular form, on bun feet, the lid and sides richly decorated with applied filigree stylised foliage, enlivened with silver-gilt rosettes, (one foot lacking filigree applique; spring knop later), late 17th Century
2 3/8 x 6½ x 4¾in. (6 x 16.5 x 12.1cm.)
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
O. Källström & C. Hernmarck, Svenskt Silversmide 1520-1850, Stockholm, 1941, I, pls. 479-484
H. Seling, Die Kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1980, II, pl. 321.

拍品專文

The present casket is very similar to an elaborate altar vase by Johann III Beckert, circa 1689 (c.f. Seling op.cit.), but lacks any silver marks, which could indicate a Swedish, rather than South German, origin (cf. Källström & Hernmarck, op.cit).