Lot 19
  • 19

A Danish Art Nouveau Pewter Charity Box, Designed by Siegfried Wagner and Made by Mogens Ballin, Copenhagen, 1901

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base panel with MB monogram
  • Pewter
  • height 4 5/8 in.
  • 11.8cm
decorated in Jugendstil taste with incised and relief inscriptions relating to the Society for the Care of the Sick, one side with a quotation in Hebrew from Psalm 41, v. 2, the top with coin slot

Condition

some overall wear, especially to lettering on one side, and small nicks to lower body; good old patina, not overcleaned
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Catalogue Note

For information on this model, please see preceding lot.