Lot 218
  • 218

Reliure de livre formant calendrier perpétuel en argent, Allemagne du sud, vers 1680

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Reliure de livre formant calendrier perpétuel en argent, Allemagne du sud, vers 1680
  • Haut.10 cm, 120 gr. ; 3 3/4 in, 3 oz 17 dwt
sur une des faces s'inscrit une plaque ronde mobile gravée des jours de la semaine et des signes du zodiaque, dans un entourage de rinceaux, l'autre face gravée de cinq colonnes, à l'intérieur un petit carnet à dessin postérieur

Provenance

Christie's, comte Brownlow, Belton House, Lincolnshire, 30 avril 1984, n° 498

Exhibited

Meisterwerke der Goldschmiedekunst, Bayerischen Nationalmuseum, Münich, 2004, p. 32-33, n° 15

Condition

In overall good condition. Unmarked. part of the calendar moving piece missing as can be seen on the photo Rare piece, nice quality of chasing.
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