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A German parcel-gilt nef
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A German parcel-gilt nef

MARK OF ESAIAS ZUR LINDEN, NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1620

細節
A German parcel-gilt nef
Mark of Esaias zur Linden, Nuremburg, circa 1620
The ship supported on four openwork wheels, the hull chased with waves and dolphins, the grotesque mask figurehead forming a spout, with central mast and single sail and pennant, the two decks applied with six cannon and six armed sailors, marked on body
12in. (30.5cm.) high
15oz. (475gr.)
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

Esaias zur Linden specialised in making nefs or ship models. M. Rosenberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Frankfurt am Main, 1925, vol. III, no. 4135, lists some 30 such pieces by this maker including examples in the collections of Baron Karl von Rothschild, A. Pringsheim, J. Pierpont Morgan, The Armoury, Moscow, and the Czartoryski Museum, Cracow.