Live Auction 7850Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CARVED-WOOD CASTING OR SCENT-BOTTLE
Lot 272

A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CARVED-WOOD CASTING OR SCENT-BOTTLE

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1700

Closed10 June 2010

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GBP 6,500

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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CARVED-WOOD CASTING OR SCENT-BOTTLE
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1700
The ovoid body carved with figures in rustic interiors in high relief, with lobed silver-gilt mounted foot, the silver-gilt mounted neck engraved with foliage, with detachable octagonal stopper engraved with a coat-of-arms acting as a seal
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
The arms are those of Mohl of Silesia.

Specialist note

B. Bramsen illustrates two somewhat similar German examples of circa 1675 (Nordiske Snusdasker pa europaeisk baggrund, Copenhagen, 1965, p. 114, nos. 252-253) and a further one, described as French or Dutch circa 1700, (op. cit., p. 53, no. 96).