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Lot 763 Dα

A silver filigree and enamel box

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.400 €
Result: 3.750 € (incl. premium)
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A silver filigree and enamel box

Parcel gilt oval box decorated throughout with pierced filigree acanthus leaves, the slightly domed lid with corresponding décor and inset with an enamelled copper panel depicting various types of tulips. H 4; W 11; D 10 cm, weight 223 g.
Unmarked, presumably South German, around 1700.

This kind of silver filigree décor is reminiscent of the host boxes made by the Stadt silversmiths, whilst the finely painted enamel is similar to works by the Nuremberg based engraver and enamel painter Georg Strauch (1613 – 73).

Literature

Cf. A pair of flasks with identical flower still lifes by Gerhard Strauch in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, illus. in cat.: GNM 2007, no. 513. For more on Strauch, cf.: Weinhold, Emailmalerei an Augsburger Goldschmiedearbeiten von 1650 - 1750, Munich 2000, p. 24 ff.