A polychrome and gilt mirror of Baroque design, the rectangular bevelled plate surmounted by the arms of Tucher of Nuremberg, supported by winged putti resting on c-scrolls, the sides with brown-painted urns, with lion-mask and fruit and foliate-carved borders, the apron centred by a crest, inscribed Fui Quod Estis Eritis Quod Sum (as are the flowers of the field so is the life of man) the reverse inset with a panel dedictated to Paul, son of Paul Tucher Patrician of Nuremberg, 19th Century, 40 x 26in. (102 x 66cm)

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A polychrome and gilt mirror of Baroque design, the rectangular bevelled plate surmounted by the arms of Tucher of Nuremberg, supported by winged putti resting on c-scrolls, the sides with brown-painted urns, with lion-mask and fruit and foliate-carved borders, the apron centred by a crest, inscribed Fui Quod Estis Eritis Quod Sum (as are the flowers of the field so is the life of man) the reverse inset with a panel dedictated to Paul, son of Paul Tucher Patrician of Nuremberg, 19th Century, 40 x 26in. (102 x 66cm)

Lot Essay

The Tucher's are one of the oldest and most interesting Patrician families of Nuremberg and commissioned the Tucherische altar for The Church of Our Lady, which was widely regarded as one of the finest works of the Nuremberg school about the middle of the 15th Century. Pope Pius II, has left it on record that the citizens of Nuremberg lived in such luxury that a simple Burgher was better lodged that the King of Scotland!

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