A Flemish silver model of a magpie, Antwerp, 1662/63, maker's mark unidentified
Estimate
180,000 - 240,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Realistically modelled, with red glass eyes, resting on a laurel wreath with three snails and a salamander, initials IR engraved underneath the salamander head, marked on the collar of the body with town mark, date letter and maker's mark, and with later French tax marks.
27cm, 10½in. long
540gr., 17 ¼oz
Sotheby's, Geneva, (Baron van Bogaert collection, Antwerp), 14 May 1990, lot 92,
thence by descent
Chefs-d’œuvre d’orfèvrerie de collections privées; Gent; Bijlokemuseum; 1985, p.113,
P. Baudouin, P. Colman, D. Goethals;Orfèvrerie en Belgique XVIe XVIIe XVIIIe Siècles; 1988; p. 80; n° 75.
P. Baudouin, A.M. Claessens-Péré; Antwerps zilver huiszilver uit de 17e en 18e eeuw; Rubenhuis; 1988; vol. II, n°48
V. Laloux, Ph. Cruysmans; L’œil du hibou, le bestiaire des orfèvres; Paris-Genève; 1994; p. 182
Zilveren Kunstwerken; Provinciaal Museum Sterckshof, Deurne-Antwerpen and Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussels; 2 April-10 July 1955
Chefs-d’œuvre d’orfèvrerie de collections privées; Gent; Bijlokemuseum; 19 April-30 June 1985; n°26.
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