A Prussian cast iron cameo collier. - image-1

Lot 154 Dα

A Prussian cast iron cameo collier.

Auction 1047 - overview Cologne
02.05.2015, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.464 € (incl. premium)

A Prussian cast iron cameo collier.

With five medallions bearing neoclassical relief portrait cameos. Some wear to the black laquer. L 45 cm. Weight 58.1 g.
Berlin or Gleiwitz, ca. 1820 - 30.

Literature

Cf. for the Psyche motif, cat.: Eisenkunstguss aus der Hanns Schell Collection Graz, Deutsches Schloss- und Beschlägemuseum Velbert 2000, p. 83, no. 90, for a Berlin watch key with an identical motif.