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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED WOOD CASKET
拍品 6 THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
(LOTS 6-10)

A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED WOOD CASKET

SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700-1720

已結束2012年7月6日

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GBP 37,250

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL-VENEERED WOOD CASKET
SOUTH GERMAN, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1700-1720
Of shaped rectangular form; mounted overall with pierced silver and silver-gilt appliques; the hinged lid also decorated with an oval silver repousse relief possibly depicting Callisto taken up to Olympus by Jupiter, flanked by two oval portrait profiles of a man and woman executed in mother-of-pearl, brass and stained ivory; the interior lined with velvet and with removeable tray; a central drawer below with a spring lock and key; on four silver and wood bun feet; minor losses, damages and restorations
14 x 7½ x 10 7/8 in. (36.6 x 19.1 x 28.7 cm.)

Acquired in the first half of the 19th century
Thence by descent.

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With its rich use of materials - including tortoiseshell, silver and stained ivory - as well as its complex form, the present casket can be compared to a house altar with reliefs signed by the goldsmith Johann Andreas Thelot which was sold in these Rooms 16 April 1991, lot 29. Thelot was a member of a talented family of Augsburg craftsmen including his father, Israel Thelot, who was also a goldsmith. Documented reliefs by Johann Andreas, such as his Triumph of Love of circa 1689, also show a number of similarities to the relief of Callisto and Jupiter (?) on the lid of this casket (illustrated in Seling, op. cit., II, fig. 628).

The silver repoussé relief on this casket is difficult to interpret, but may be a rare depiction of the moment that Jupiter (here in the form of an eagle in the background) snatches his lover Callisto from death at the hands of Diana and takes her up to heaven. Certainly the inclusion of Cupid with his burning torch refers to a love theme, suggesting that the present casket may have been a gift on the occasion of a betrothal.