Außergewöhnlicher Siegelring mit Geheimfach - photo 1
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Außergewöhnlicher Siegelring mit Geheimfach

Lot 200
17.11.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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€ 3 000
AuctioneerNagel Auktionen GmbH
Event locationGermany, Stuttgart
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Lot 200 | Außergewöhnlicher Siegelring mit Geheimfach
Estimate value
€ 2 500 – 3 500
EXCEPTIONAL SEAL RING WITH SECRET COMPARTMENT - Germany, probably based on a historical model. - 750/000 yellow gold (tested). Rectangular seal plate with K S and a kneeling nobleman holding a coat of arms with a rising lion, on the sides coats of arms under mural crowns with a rose and a rising horse, as assistant figures bull and archer or reaper and reaper. The underside of the ring can be opened, on the inside of the door engraved quote " ALLEN GEWALTEN ZUM TROTZ SICH ERHALTEN " under the Maltese cross, in the secret compartment a plastic representation of Adam and Eve on the tree of knowledge. Weight: 24.1g. - Private Collection South Germany. The engraved quote "Allen Gewalten zum Trotz..." goes back to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and comes from his 1777 Singspiel Lila, which he wrote in honor of the twentieth birthday of Duchess Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. The meaningful poem was also used by the German Resistance, among others. Hans Scholl wrote it on the wall of his prison cell where he awaited his show trial.
Deutschland, wohl nach einem historischen Vorbild gearbeitet
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