Description
Nuremberg or Augsburg, circa 1620, workshop of Michael and Conrad MannRare brass box engraved on all sides. Mounted with silver enamelled scrolls and small red stones. Dome lock and seven pennants under the lid; lock opening under the top handle hidden by a flowerette. On the reverse: two elephants in foliage. Four flattened ball feet. Inside, rich engraved decoration: deer fight, unicorn, lion and clash, dromedary, lion and griffin. Silver background. H: 5.5 cm, W: 9.4 cm, D: 6.5 cm (missing the key, two feet redone, missing enamels) A similar box is kept in the Schell collection in Graz . Ewald Berger, Prunk-Kassetten, Meisterwerke aus der Hanns Schell Collection, Arnoldsche art Publishers, 1998, p 127, n° 129
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Nuremberg or Augsburg, circa 1620, workshop of Michael and Conrad MannRare brass box engraved on all sides. Mounted with silver enamelled scrolls and small red stones. Dome lock and seven pennants under the lid; lock opening under the top handle hidden by a flowerette. On the reverse: two elephants in foliage. Four flattened ball feet. Inside, rich engraved decoration: deer fight, unicorn, lion and clash, dromedary, lion and griffin. Silver background. H: 5.5 cm, W: 9.4 cm, D: 6.5 cm (missing the key, two feet redone, missing enamels) A similar box is kept in the Schell collection in Graz . Ewald Berger, Prunk-Kassetten, Meisterwerke aus der Hanns Schell Collection, Arnoldsche art Publishers, 1998, p 127, n° 129
