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Auction: Antiques

09. March 2022

Object overview
Object

1155

Box "Reiseschatulle"

Augsburg, 1692 - 97
gilded silver; gold ruby glass; wooden box; monogrammed "G.D.l."; box consisting of: 1 large ruby glass bowl, 4 small ruby glass boxes and bottles, 2 oval and 2 cylindric boxes with lid, 1 lid, 1 sander, 1 inkpot with wooden body, 1 ruler and awl; original lock with key; on the bottom partly marked: Augsburg hallmark, maker's mark "TB" for Tobias Baur, active from 1685-1735 (see: Seling, Die Augsburger Gold- und Silberschmiede, p. 392); some utensils missing; 1 bottle lid supplemented
7.8 x 26.3 x 18.8 cm

Literature

cf. Baurs pieces of a toiletries set in the collection of the Maximilianmuseum, depicted in Seling 1980, no. 559, as well as his roby glass mountings in a toiletries bag, depicted in the cat. of the Gilbert Collection of gold and Silver, Los Angeles 1988, no. 152.

Estimate: â‚¬ 15.000 - 25.000
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