Furniture, Silver, Clocks & Ceramics
Furniture, Silver, Clocks & Ceramics
An Important English Private Collection
A Charles I silver counter box with 32 counters, circa 1640
Lot Closed
May 17, 11:09 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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An Important English Private Collection
A Charles I silver counter box with 32 counters, circa 1640
The cover pierced with the profile of Charles I, the base with an image of Old Father Time, and the sides with war trophies, the 32 counters depicting monarchs, after Simon de Passe.
3cm.; 1 1/4in. high
Simon de Passe (c. 1595–1647) was a German-born engraver working in England from 1616 to 1624, after which he moved to Copenhagen where he was appointed royal engraver and designer of medals. He contributed a number of engravings to Henry Holland's 1618 work Bazililogia, A Booke of Kings.
Eric Delieb notes that de Passe "...invented a method whereby a steel die was cut and wafer-thin disks of silver were struck with motifs, thereby imitating engraving by hand." (Eric Delieb, Silver Boxes, London, 1986, p. 17).