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A jewelled silver-gilt, enamel and hardstone casket, Hermann Böhm, Vienna, late 19th century
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- A jewelled silver-gilt, enamel and hardstone casket, Hermann Böhm, Vienna, late 19th century
- silver, enamel, rock crystal, semi precious stones
- 19.5cm., 7 5/8 in wide
rectangular, the rock crystal panels engraved with chimera among scrollwork, the corners with lapis lazuli veneered columns surmounted by putti playing musical instruments, the pierced mounts with polychrome enamelled birds and scrolls and set with emeralds, rubies and sapphires, the interior of base painted with Cupid and Psyche, maker's mark and Austrian control marks