Chouette et ses petits en vermeil, Allemagne, probablement XVIIe siècle et postérieur

leurs têtes détachables, la base  en dome imitant la roche, poinçons de maître pour Christoph II or Wolf Christoph Ritter, Nuremberg



with detachable heads, domed base simulating a rocky floor, bearing marks of Christoph II or Wolf Christoph Ritter, Nuremberg



 

Sold Christies, London, The Sydney J. Lamon collection, 29 November 1973, lot 69 for £5800

Larger owl also struck BAUMAN on underside, small repairs to rim of foot, general condition pretty good, marks clear, rim of foot also with a Dutch 1814-1953 control mark for foreign made items
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Les poinçons de Christoph II Ritter et Wolf Christoph Ritter, orfèvres respectivement en1577-1616 et 1617-1634 sont identiques, voir:  Germanisches National  publication, Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Nuremberg,  2007, vol 1,  nos 729 and 732

The marks of Christoph II Ritter and Wolf Christoph Ritter, goldsmiths 1577-1616 and 1617-1634 are identical see: Germanisches National  publication, Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst, Nuremberg,  2007, vol 1,  nos 729 and 732