Sale 5952
Geneva
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14 - 18 September 1998
Price realised
CHF 2,552
Estimate
Almosenschale, Nrnberg wohl 16. Jahrhundert Messing, mittig dekoriert mit einer Szene in repoussé mit der Darstellung des Hl. Georg mit dem Drachen umrahmt von einer lateinischen Inschrift, der Rand mit gepunzter fleur de lys Bordre, 42 cm Durchmesser (16½ in. diam.) A German repoussé brass alms dish, 16th century; the center raised with a scene of St George and the Dragon, within borders of inscription
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For a similar alms dish illustrated see Sotheby's Zurich Europaïsche Schmiedekunst Belle Ferronnerie, 13 June 1985, lot 146.
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