Lot Essay
The design of these plaquettes relate to those on a now lost casket, described as Italian, formerly in the Church of Saint Michael, Munich (Gmelin, op. cit., p. 80).
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ITALIAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
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A SET OF ELEVEN SILVER-GILT PLAQUETTES DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE LIVES OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB
ITALIAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
set in three later rectangular velvet-covered grounds, each with a Dutch duty mark applied to imported goods from 1909
9 3⁄8 in. (23.8 cm.) high; 11 ½ in. (28.1 cm.) wide; 9 3⁄8 in. (23.8 cm.) high; 7 1⁄8 in. (18.1 cm.) wide; 6 3⁄8 in. (16.2 cm.) high; 10 7⁄8 in. (27.5 cm.) wide, the three mounts
ITALIAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
set in three later rectangular velvet-covered grounds, each with a Dutch duty mark applied to imported goods from 1909
9 3⁄8 in. (23.8 cm.) high; 11 ½ in. (28.1 cm.) wide; 9 3⁄8 in. (23.8 cm.) high; 7 1⁄8 in. (18.1 cm.) wide; 6 3⁄8 in. (16.2 cm.) high; 10 7⁄8 in. (27.5 cm.) wide, the three mounts
Provenance
Alain Moatti, Paris, 1978,
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Gmelin, Die St. Michaelskirche in München und ihre Kirchenschatz, Bamberg, 1890, p. 76 and p. 80.
T. Demmler, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Berlin, 1923, no. 5809, p. 139.
L. Gmelin, Die St. Michaelskirche in München und ihre Kirchenschatz, Bamberg, 1890, p. 76 and p. 80.
T. Demmler, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Berlin, 1923, no. 5809, p. 139.
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