ID 1360320
Lot 24 | AN EXTREMELY RARE SET OF GERMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER PLAYING CARDS
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 800 000
SIGNED MICHAEL FRÖMMER, AUGSBURG, 1616
Comprising a complete set of fifty-two cards engraved in the four Italian suits of Swords, Batons, Cups, and Coins, each suit with a king, a knight, a knave, and pip cards, ace through ten, the Knave of Swords signed M. frömmer fec, the Ace of Batons dated 1616
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) high, 115/16 in. (5 cm.) wide
22 oz. 4 dwt. (690.4 gr.)
Provenance
By tradition, presented by Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775-1830) to Doña Josefa Oribe y Viana de Contucci (1789-1835), wife of Felipe Contucci (1779-1835), emissary of Princess Carlota in South America, in 1810, then by decent to her daughter,
Augustina Contucci y Oribe (1806-1870), wife of General Manuel Ceferino de Oribe y Viana (1792-1857), President of Uruguay 1835-1838, then by decent until sold,
A Descendant of General Manuel Oribe of Uruguay; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2010, lot 56.
Acquired from S.J. Phillips Ltd., London.
Literature
T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 18, pp. 114-120.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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