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Lot 380 Dα

A cast iron chessboard with Gustav Adolf of Sweden against Ferdinand II

Auction 1169 - overview Berlin
24.04.2021, 11:00 - Prussian Sale
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.125 € (incl. premium)

A cast iron chessboard with Gustav Adolf of Sweden against Ferdinand II

Burnished and nickel-plated cast iron. Chess set with 32 figures in the original papier maché box. H of white king 8 cm.
Hanau, E.G. Zimmermann, mid- to third quarter 19th C.

Provenance

The C. Lith collection.

Literature

A further game sold by Lempertz Berlin, auction 922 on 24th May 2008, lot 308.
Cf. also cat. Hanauer Eisen Eisenkunstguß von A.R. Seebaß und E.G. Zimmermann, Hanau 1999, p. 22.