A Renaissance partially gilt silver belt attachment - image-1

Lot 618 Dα

A Renaissance partially gilt silver belt attachment

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 2.200 € - 2.400 €

A Renaissance partially gilt silver belt attachment

A Renaissance partially gilt silver belt attachment on a modern iron socle. Probably from a bridal belt. Unmarked, probably German, Rhineland, late 16th / early 17th C. H 10; W 3.5 cm, weight 53 g.

Literature

Cf. a bridal girdle illus. in: Irmscher, Das Kölner Goldschmiedehandwerk 1550 - 1800, Regensburg 2005, p. 482 f.