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Lot 1853 Dα

A folding altar with Limoges style enamel plaques

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.625 € (incl. premium)
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A folding altar with Limoges style enamel plaques

Fitted with ten enamel plaques in total in a wooden corpus with embossed leather cover. The plaque with the Crucifixion damaged, with an older glued repair, minor staining and wear to the leather. H 39.8, W 27.3, when extended W 43.8, D 3.8 cm.
Paris, Maison Edmé Samson, second half 19th C.

This altar refers to the French queen Cathérine, born Caterina Maria Romula de' Medici (1519 - 1589), wife of King Henry II. The large central enamel plaque shows a fictitious portrait of her kneeling in her chapel in Blois Castle. The leather case is also embossed in gold with the initials of the royal couple.

Literature

Cf. Slitine, Samson génie de l’imitation, Paris 2002, p. 33 for an example in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano in Madrid.