A GERMAN BRASS, COPPER, PEWTER AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY PANEL MOUNTED AS A LOW TABLE

CIRCA 1690, AUGSBURG OR MUNICH, ON A LATER STAND

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A GERMAN BRASS, COPPER, PEWTER AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID, TORTOISESHELL AND BOULLE MARQUETRY PANEL MOUNTED AS A LOW TABLE
Circa 1690, Augsburg or Munich, on a later stand
The rectangular panel centered by a rectangular reserve depicting birds and insects around an urn issuing flowering vines, the field set with S-scrolls containing scrolling acanthus strapwork and flowering vines, the border with opposing winged figures holding a cabochon to the center and issuing scrolling acanthus and flowering strapwork set with further putti wrestling with snakes, with overall pewter stringing, on dolphin giltwood trestle supports and ebonized stand with bun feet
16½in. (42cm.) high, 48½in. (123cm.) long, 32in. (81.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This table top is closely related to a group of at least six other table tops and cabinets still in the collections of the Munich Residenz. Most of them were commissioned directly by the Kurfürst Max Emanuel himself (reigned 1680-1726). Supplied by Johann Georg Esser (1652-1727) of Augsburg and the unknown master Wolfbauer, they date from the early 1680's. The large areas of tortoiseshell framed by the scrolling border, intertwined with putti and birds, are particularly close to the Augsburg work. See B. Langer, Die Möbel der Residenz München, vol. II, Munich, 1996, pp.77-100. It is possible that the present lot was produced locally in Munich, influenced by the above examples.

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