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THE GILT BRONZE CIRCA 1580, PROBABLY GERMAN, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY ITALIAN, DATED 1698
细节
A Continental silver-mounted gilt-bronze sander and inkpot
The gilt bronze circa 1580, probably German, the mounts probably Italian, dated 1698
Cylindrical and with moulded silver borders, the gilt-bronze sides cast and chased with strapwork, foliage, demi-satyr herms, birds and two seated female figures, with two oval cartouches enclosing a mortar with two pestles, the sander with pierced top and baluster finial, each engraved beneath the base with coat-of-arms and partly legible Latin inscription
3in. (7.5cm.) and smaller (2)
The gilt bronze circa 1580, probably German, the mounts probably Italian, dated 1698
Cylindrical and with moulded silver borders, the gilt-bronze sides cast and chased with strapwork, foliage, demi-satyr herms, birds and two seated female figures, with two oval cartouches enclosing a mortar with two pestles, the sander with pierced top and baluster finial, each engraved beneath the base with coat-of-arms and partly legible Latin inscription
3in. (7.5cm.) and smaller (2)
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