A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT PLAQUETTES
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY GERMAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Each chased with a mythological scene, one of Phaeton in his sun-chariot, the other of the Heliades lamenting over Phaeton’s tomb, later-mounted on walnut panels applied with nielloed borders and gilt strap-work brackets, the panels with exposed dovetails, probably
from a table cabinet
The plaquettes: 3 in. (7.7 cm.) long, or 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) square, approx., including wodden panels
A PAIR OF CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT PLAQUETTES
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY GERMAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Each chased with a mythological scene, one of Phaeton in his sun-chariot, the other of the Heliades lamenting over Phaeton’s tomb, later-mounted on walnut panels applied with nielloed borders and gilt strap-work brackets, the panels with exposed dovetails, probably
from a table cabinet
The plaquettes: 3 in. (7.7 cm.) long, or 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) square, approx., including wodden panels
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