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19TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt-mounted rock-crystal casket
19th century
Octagonal, of upright form, the sides engraved with profile medallions of Pope Clement VII and Duke Alessandro de Medici between the Medici arms with drapes, scrolls and grotesque ornament, the hinged and faceted cover with further engraving and with baluster finial, with gilt-metal foliage and ropework mounts
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
19th century
Octagonal, of upright form, the sides engraved with profile medallions of Pope Clement VII and Duke Alessandro de Medici between the Medici arms with drapes, scrolls and grotesque ornament, the hinged and faceted cover with further engraving and with baluster finial, with gilt-metal foliage and ropework mounts
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 17 December 1986, lot 74
Literature
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 229, p. 266, illustrated
Exhibited
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 229
Special notice
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