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Lot 373 Dα

A travel chest inlaid in bone with hunting motifs

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
17.05.2023, 14:00 - Furniture Decorative Arts
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 5.796 € (incl. premium)
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A travel chest inlaid in bone with hunting motifs

Walnut inlaid with bone, solid oak drawers, brass and wrought iron mountings. Cabinet decorated on five faces with hunting motifs in bone. With handles on either side and brass corner mountings. The interior fitted with various compartments, secret compartments, drawers, and containers for ink and pounce. The front can be folded out. H 19, W 41, D 26 cm.
Habsburg monarchy, Southern Europe/Austria, 2nd half 18th C.

Literature

For this type see Berger, Prunkkassetten. Meisterwerke aus der Hanns Schell Collection, Stuttgart-Graz 1998, cat. no. 158.