Lot 1616 ♣ - S20 Importante collection privée de couverts anciens - jeudi, 21. mars 2024, 10h00
LARGE FOLDING OR TRAVELING TOOL PROBABLY FOR A GARDENER
German or Dutch, ca. 1600.
Oval, slightly curved walnut handle, inlaid with engraved ivory and mother-of-pearl in the shape of two angels holding grotesque shields, surrounded by tendrils, in part with stylized blossoms. Scale band. The domed handle cap engraved with a rosette, the knob missing. The handle collar engraved with leaf decoration, the outermost ring rotating to lock the folding tools: three different blades and a saw. Various smith's marks and an old inventory number 180.
L 22.5 cm.
Cet objet contient des matériaux d'espèces en voie de disparition et est soumis à certaines restrictions commerciales. Les acheteurs potentiels doivent se familiariser avec les réglementations douanières pertinentes avant de faire une offre s'ils ont l'intention de l'importer dans un autre pays
Signs of use, iron parts corroded.
The indication that this is a gardener's tool is taken from, for example, the Dorotheum auction catalog: Dorotheum auction catalog, Besteck-Sammlung Franz Emmerich Graf Lamberg. Vienna, 1912. p. 12, fig. 125. This multifunctional tool has three identical blades and similar design features on the handle. Another "Couteau de jardinier" (gardener's knife) from the 16th century. is in the Musée de la Renaissance Château d'Ecouen and has similar blade shapes (inv. no. EC99).
The item on offer comes with a trade license for the EU. Due to the use of protected materials, this object may not leave the EU.
The indication that this is a gardener's tool is taken from, for example, the Dorotheum auction catalog: Dorotheum auction catalog, Besteck-Sammlung Franz Emmerich Graf Lamberg. Vienna, 1912. p. 12, fig. 125. This multifunctional tool has three identical blades and similar design features on the handle. Another "Couteau de jardinier" (gardener's knife) from the 16th century. is in the Musée de la Renaissance Château d'Ecouen and has similar blade shapes (inv. no. EC99).
The item on offer comes with a trade license for the EU. Due to the use of protected materials, this object may not leave the EU.
CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)
Vendu pour CHF 7 500 (frais inclus)
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