A SOUTH GERMAN CYLINDRICAL SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BOX, the lid with a circular enamel panel depicting a parrot surrounded by brightly coloured flowers, with five emerald collets around the rim, the sides set with five rectangular enamel panels similarly decorated and framed by repeating engraved decoration (the collets probably later; some wear to gilding; minor repairs to enamel; minor damages), late 17th or early 18th Century | Christie's

Lot 14

A SOUTH GERMAN CYLINDRICAL SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BOX, the lid with a circular enamel panel depicting a parrot surrounded by brightly coloured flowers, with five emerald collets around the rim, the sides set with five rectangular enamel panels similarly decorated and framed by repeating engraved decoration (the collets probably later; some wear to gilding; minor repairs to enamel; minor damages), late 17th or early 18th Century

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A SOUTH GERMAN CYLINDRICAL SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL BOX, the lid with a circular enamel panel depicting a parrot surrounded by brightly coloured flowers, with five emerald collets around the rim, the sides set with five rectangular enamel panels similarly decorated and framed by repeating engraved decoration (the collets probably later; some wear to gilding; minor repairs to enamel; minor damages), late 17th or early 18th Century
2in. (5.1cm.) high
3¾in. (9.5cm.) diam.

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
C.Cardinal, The Watch: from its origins to the XIXth century, Bristol, 1989, fig. 106

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