Lot 1022* - A208 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 21. March 2024, 01.30 PM
LATE GOTHIC PAINTED IRON CASKET
Switzerland or southern Germany, ca. 1500.
Iron, painted green, red and golden yellow. Rectangular body with a flat hinged lid. The front corners reinforced with twisted pilasters. With handles on the sides, attached to rosettes. The back and the lid reinforced with three bands, in part decorated with rosettes. The central band on the lid hides the keyhole. Lock with three bolts. 1 key.
22 × 13 × 13 cm.
Losses and minor restorations. Parts of the escutcheon broken off.
Comparable caskets with similar escutcheons, lateral handle rosettes and rosette-decorated hinges from the Hans Schell Collection in Graz are illustrated by: Ewald Berger. Prunkkassetten. Stuttgart 1998. pp. 194 and 195, no. 26/27.
Comparable caskets with similar escutcheons, lateral handle rosettes and rosette-decorated hinges from the Hans Schell Collection in Graz are illustrated by: Ewald Berger. Prunkkassetten. Stuttgart 1998. pp. 194 and 195, no. 26/27.
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Sold for CHF 3 750 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.