BOITE DE TOILETTE EN VERMEIL
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BOITE DE TOILETTE EN VERMEIL

SALZBOURG, VERS 1680, MAITRE-ORFEVRE CB

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BOITE DE TOILETTE EN VERMEIL
SALZBOURG, VERS 1680, MAITRE-ORFEVRE CB
Octogonale, à décor repoussé et gravé de larges feuilles d'acanthe, appliqué de corbeilles de fruits et larges coquilles, le couvercle à charnière, poinçons sur le fond et striche
Longueur: 19 cm. (7½ in.)
632 gr. (22.25 oz.)
Provenance
Galerie J. Kugel, Paris.
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Further details
AN AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT TOILET BOX
SALZBURG, CIRCA 1680, MAKER'S MARK OF CB
Octagonal, repoussé and chased with scrolling acanthus leaves and applied with baskets of fruits and shells, the cover hinged and similarly applied and chased, marked on base, with assay scrape beneath

Salzburg was in the late 17th century an independant city-state ruled by Prince-Bishops before being absorbed into the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1805.

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A cette époque, Salzbourg était une ville-état gouvernée par des princes-archevêques. Elle a été annexée par l'Autriche en 1805.

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