Lot 133
  • 133

France, probablement XVIe siècle Poire à poudre

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Poire à poudre 
  • cuivre doré et repoussé
  • 26,5 x 18 cm; 10 1/2 by 7 in.
à décor de rinceaux et arabesques ; figurant Mars et Vénus dans des médaillons

Provenance

Ancienne collection Frédéric Spitzer; sa vente, Paris, 1893, n° 399 (Allemagne XVIe siècle); puis par descendance. 

Literature

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Catalogue Spitzer, vol. VI, n° 396, pl. 36.

Condition

Overall good condition with general wear to the gilding, and some stains of oxidation in particular to the edges of the reverse.
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