A German brass-mounted walnut and rosewood bombé casket by Abraham Roentgen, Neuwied, circa 1755

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December 5, 04:30 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 EUR

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Description

with an oak carcass, the lid with hinged handle, the lid opening to reveal a retractable inner tray divided in two compartments, the engraved escutcheon with a concealed keyhole, opened by means of a pressure spring and a button underneath, with a shallow secret cherrywood drawer in the right base to be opened via a rectangular push button in the right wall

together with a statement by the expert Dieter Fabian, dated 18 January 1997

17.5cm high, 23cm wide, 15cm deep

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RELATED LITERATURE

Dieter Fabian, Abraham und David Roentgen das noch aufgefundene Gesamtwerk ihrer Möbel- und Uhrenkunst in Verbindung mit der Uhrmacherfamilie Kinzing in Neuwied. Leben und Werk, Werkverzeichnis der Werke, Quellen, 1996, pp. 245-254

On the Roentgen workshop and the production of small caskets please see previous footnote. The present casket is comparable with the so called Walderdorff casket in the Mittelrhein Museum in Koblenz, inv. nr. Kg 6.014. (see also https://www.doknow.de/iwalderdorff_schatulle.html )