The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection

The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 111. A French silver and silver-gilt casket, marked with the Paris discharge mark for smallwork 1697-1704 and the Paris countermark for smallwork 1704-12.

A French silver and silver-gilt casket, marked with the Paris discharge mark for smallwork 1697-1704 and the Paris countermark for smallwork 1704-12

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October 25, 12:38 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

rectangular form, on four lion paw feet, with two swing handles on the sides and one on the lid, the silver-gilt body pinned with a remarkably intricate cast and chased network of flowers surrounded by acanthus leaves,


length 11.3cm. (4 ⅜ in.) height 8.5cm. (3 ¼ in.)


433 gr., 14 oz.

With Galerie Bernard de Leye, Brussels, 12 November 2005

M. Bimbenet-Privat et al., Orfèvrerie de la Renaissance et des Temps Modernes, XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, Vol.1, Faton 2022, pp.142-7

M. Bimbenet-Privat et E. Plé, 'Le coffre des pierreries de Louis XIV (1675)', La Revue des Musées de France, Revue du Louvre, 2013-14, pp.63-72

C. Verecken-Meert, Chefs-d'œvre d'orfèverie européene, Bernard De Leye, Bruxelles, Octobre 2013, pp.46-47

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