Lot Essay
For similar examples see Baroque Splendor, The Art of the Hungarian Goldsmith, 1994, cat. nos. 115, 136, 150, 173, and 174.
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MARK PROBABLY THAT OF GEORGIUS HOSSMANN, NAGYSZEBEN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A HUNGARIAN SILVER-GILT AND STONE-SET BUCKLE WITH FOUR BOSSES
MARK PROBABLY THAT OF GEORGIUS HOSSMANN, NAGYSZEBEN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
The buckle consists of two curved silver-gilt panels with openwork scrolls and set with baroque pearls and cabochon garnets, joined by a conical-shaped rosette formed of openwork silver-gilt scrolls set with baroque pearls, turquoises and garnets, issuing from one side of the buckle a section of velvet applied with three bosses similarly decorated with enamel flowerheads and set with turquoises, pearls and redstones, the velvet terminating with a hinged hook set with a pearl and garnet, possible alterations, marked on reverse of buckle, mark double-struck
21¼ in. (51.4 cm.) long
MARK PROBABLY THAT OF GEORGIUS HOSSMANN, NAGYSZEBEN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
The buckle consists of two curved silver-gilt panels with openwork scrolls and set with baroque pearls and cabochon garnets, joined by a conical-shaped rosette formed of openwork silver-gilt scrolls set with baroque pearls, turquoises and garnets, issuing from one side of the buckle a section of velvet applied with three bosses similarly decorated with enamel flowerheads and set with turquoises, pearls and redstones, the velvet terminating with a hinged hook set with a pearl and garnet, possible alterations, marked on reverse of buckle, mark double-struck
21¼ in. (51.4 cm.) long
Literature
László Mravik, "Sacco di Budapest:" Depredation of Hungary 1938-1949, 1998, cat. no. 20038, p. 341.
Exhibited
Exhibition of Old Cultural Pieces from Transylvania, Museum of Applied Art, Budapest, 1931, no. 311
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