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CIRCA 1600
Details
A CONTINENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO BOOK COVER
CIRCA 1600
Of typical form, with hinged clasps, the front and back covers, spine, and clasps set with silver filigree panels over silver-gilt ground, the covers and spine with borders of finely detailed niello scrolling foliage, the covers each centering a niello roundel, apparently unmarked
5 5/8 in. (14.5 cm.) long
CIRCA 1600
Of typical form, with hinged clasps, the front and back covers, spine, and clasps set with silver filigree panels over silver-gilt ground, the covers and spine with borders of finely detailed niello scrolling foliage, the covers each centering a niello roundel, apparently unmarked
5 5/8 in. (14.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 21 October 1998, lot 159