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Lot 764 Nα

A South German wrought iron box

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.500 € (incl. premium)

A South German wrought iron box

Box with a handle on the lid and later textile lining. All five faces finely etched with courtly figures amid tendrils. With a drilled hole through the lid, the key and lock missing, dents and minor cracks. H 13.5, W 25.2, D 12.4 cm.
Attributed to Nuremberg, second half 16th C.

Provenance

From a German aristocratic collection.

Literature

Cf. Eberle, Bestandkatalog der Sammlung unedler Metalle, Leipzig 1996, p. 91 f.
Cf. Pall, Versperrbare Kostbarkeiten aus der Hanns Schell Collection, Graz 2006, no. 19 f.