A FINE GERMAN IVORY POWDER-FLASK IN THE MANNER OF JOHANN MICHAEL MAUCHER OF SCHWÄBISCH-GMÜND

LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A FINE GERMAN IVORY POWDER-FLASK IN THE MANNER OF JOHANN MICHAEL MAUCHER OF SCHWÄBISCH-GMÜND
Late 17th Century
With tapering cylindrical body finely carved in relief with scenes of the chase in wooded landscapes, involving boar, stags, hounds and mounted huntsmen, the base en suite, the nozzle in the form of a coiled snake, with sprung iron tap with pierced arm and turnscrew terminal, mounted on an iron ring together with three wheel-lock spanner heads, the surfaces engraved with foliage and monster-heads (minor damage to ivory, nozzle and stopper replaced)
9¼in. (23.5cm.)

Lot Essay

Cf. a flask of similar form in the James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, described and illustrated in Claude Blair, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Arms, Armour, and Base-Metalwork, cat. no. 165, p. 391, fig. 171 Johann Michael Maucher (1645-1701) was one of the most famous South German ivory carvers and gunstockers of the 17th Century. Born into a family of wood, ivory and amber carvers, he is known to have made objects of all kinds in stone, ivory and wood, including figures and several large ewers and basins. Like his firearms, such objects were intended for display rather than use. See footnote to lot 163

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