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Lot 1616 Dα

A silver-inlaid ebony crucifix

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 8.060 € (incl. premium)
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A silver-inlaid ebony crucifix

Inset with a pocketwatch movement (signed "Ester AParis") to the front. The beams of the cross later. Silver unmarked. One enamel cartouche to the watch face lost, as well as an applique to the lower cross beam, replaced with a red paste stone. A chip to the upper back corner of the base. H 53 cm.
The base of the crucifix and the silver décor probably South German, mid-17th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Austria.

Literature

On Ester cf.: Baillie, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, London 1966, p. 102.