A SPANISH GOLD AND SILVER-DAMASCENED STEEL JEWEL CASKET

Lot 20
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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Prix de départ
£ 150 000
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Lot 20 | A SPANISH GOLD AND SILVER-DAMASCENED STEEL JEWEL CASKET
Valeur estimée
£ 150 000 – 250 000
A SPANISH GOLD AND SILVER-DAMASCENED STEEL JEWEL CASKET

BY PLACIDO ZULOAGA, EIBAR, CIRCA 1875-80

Decorated overall with scrolling arabesques and foliage, military trophies, cornucopiae, masks, satyrs, putti, dolphins and other mythological creatures, the domed cover with sprung latch decorated with a medallion depicting Cupid on a dolphin, opening to reveal an associated purple velvet-lined interior, the sides with handles, on four bun feet, the escutcheon signed with initials 'PZ'

12 1/2 in. (32 cm.) high; 17 1/2 in. (45 cm.) wide; 10 1/4 in. (25.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), 16 Carlton House Terrace, London;

thence by descent to his granddaughter Hester Sassoon née Gatty (1906-1973), and Siegried Sassoon (1888-1967) at Heytesbury House, Wiltshire;

thence by descent to George Sassoon (1936-2006);

thence by descent until sold, Shapes of Edinburgh, 7 March 2009, lot 177.



Literature

'Treasure-Houses of Art', The Magazine of Art, Volume II, 1880, London, fig. 2, p. 208.



COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

Anon. Visite à l'Exposition Universelle de Paris, Paris, 1855.

La République française, 14 June 1874.

‘Artistical Spain,’ Le Pantheon de l’Industrie, 1 January 1891.

J. D. Lavin, The Art and Tradition of the Zuloagas, Spanish Damascene from the Khalili Collection, 1997.



Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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