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Lot 373 D α

A cast iron card players paperweight

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 750 € (incl. premium)
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A cast iron card players paperweight

Burnished cast iron. Depicting a Frenchman and a German playing cards. H 8, W 13.9, D 8.2 cm.
Berlin, Alfred Richard Seebaß, c. 1830 - 40.

Provenance

The C. Lith collection.

Literature

Cf. cat. Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, no. 447, for an identical example without the cheating German made as a gratis example for the Seebaß foundry.