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Lot 412 Dα

A bombé form box by Abraham Roentgen

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 17:00 - Fit For A King - Abraham and David Roentgen
Estimate: 30.000 € - 35.000 €
Result: 37.500 € (incl. premium)

A bombé form box by Abraham Roentgen

Burr walnut, rosewood and cherry veneer on oak and solid cherry with fire-gilt bronze, brass and steel mounts. Of rectangular shape with hinged top and handle. The larger base resting on four curved bracket feet. A finely engraved cartouche-shaped lock plate opens by pushing a button which activates a spring mechanism to reveal the keyhole. The box contains a shallow removable tray with two cherry wood compartments (with a horizontal crack) above a large unveneered compartment and a shallow secret compartment in the right side of the base which can be opened by pushing a rectangular button placed int he inner right side. All faces decorated with finely grained veneers framed by brass and pale rosewood stringing. The convex edges and moulded base accentuated by brass fillings. The lid inset with a small brass cartouche engraved with a dragon. H 18.1, W 23.5, D 15 cm.
Neuwied, around 1755.

Certificate

Dr. Dietrich Fabian, 22nd January 1997

Provenance

Private Collection, South Germany.
Private Collection, Central Rhine Region

Literature

A further bombé form box in the collection Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz (inv. no. Kg 6014) published in: Fabian, Roentgenmöbel aus Neuwied, Bad Neustadt 1986, illus. 659 f., and in: Fabian, Abraham und David Roentgen. Das noch aufgefundene Gesamtwerk ihrer Möbel- und Uhrenkunst in Verbindung mit der Uhrmacherfamilie Kinzing in Neuwied. Leben und Werk, Verzeichnis der Werke, Quellen, Bad Neustadt 1996, no. 567.