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Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

  • View full screen - View 2 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 3 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 4 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 5 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 6 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 2 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 3 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 4 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 5 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.
  • View full screen - View 6 of Lot 6. A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century.

A Rare Large Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century

Lot Closed

April 16, 04:06 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

of elongated octagonal form with molded borders, the hinged lid embossed and chased in high and low relief with Ariadne carried by a group of revelers towards Bacchus surrounded by numerous nude and semi-clad followers and satyrs blowing horns in a landscape with a boy and goat in right foreground and a pair of cherubs in a tree on the left, buildings in the distance, the sides embossed with friezes of playful Bacchic putti with goats, the corners with satyr masks in cartouches, maker’s mark only WR conjoined script below crown in shaped shield


40 oz 10 dwt

1259 g

length 10 ¼ in.

60 cm.

The scenes on the sides are taken from the Flemish artist Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643), after Jacob de Wit.

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