ID 1360100
Lot 137 | A GERMAN SILVER AND RUBY GLASS WRITING SET
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
THE GLASS SOUTH GERMANY, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1700
The rectangular box with embossed band of foliate scrolls and strap hinges and lined with chamois, opening to reveal a faceted ruby glass inkwell and sander both with engine-turned covers, two ruby glass ink bottles with similar covers, a sealing wax holder, small hand seal, and a small steel corkscrew, apparently unmarked
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long, the box; 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) diameter, the sander and inkwell
Provenance
Acquired from Galerie J. Kugel, Paris, 2002.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 92, pp. 322-323.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Glass, Silver |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Glass, Silver |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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