A CONTINENTAL SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL, IVORY AND MARQUETRY INLAID WOOD CASKET
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL, IVORY AND MARQUETRY INLAID WOOD CASKET

THE MOUNTS PROBABLY NORTH GERMAN OR BALTIC, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A CONTINENTAL SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL, IVORY AND MARQUETRY INLAID WOOD CASKET
THE MOUNTS PROBABLY NORTH GERMAN OR BALTIC, LATE 17TH CENTURY
The rectangular casket on four cherub busts and bifurcated scroll feet, the inlaid mother-of-pearl sides with applied winged cherub busts and foliage mounts, the cover with similar thumbpiece, applied caryatid figures at the angles and flat top with a male and female portrait busts within pierced scrolling foliage
43 cm. (17 in.) long

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