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A SOUTH GERMAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID AND SILVER-MOUNTED PIQUE TORTOISESHELL CASKET
- SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A SOUTH GERMAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID AND SILVER-MOUNTED PIQUE TORTOISESHELL CASKET
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • £10,000
  • ($14,690)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    £10,000 - £15,000
  • ($14,900 - $22,350)

Sale Information

Sale 7631
Important European Furniture & Sculpture
4 December 2008
London, King Street





Lot Description

A SOUTH GERMAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID AND SILVER-MOUNTED PIQUE TORTOISESHELL CASKET
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with pastoral scenes, the shaped rectangular hinged top with lobed edges, depicting courtly-dressed figures playing billiards within a scroll-decorated cartouche, the reserves similarly decorated with flowers and animals, enclosing an interior with a removable tray, the front, back and sides similarly decorated, on scroll feet
2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) high; 6 in. (15 cm.) wide; 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) deep, overall

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Notes

This jewel-like mother-of-pearl and silver-inlaid tortoiseshell piqué casket can be related to the gold-inlaid tortoiseshell jewel casket from the collection of Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild, sold at Christie's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 122.
Among comparable German piqué objets de vertu sold at auction, a related gold-inlaid tortoiseshell piqué casket was sold at Christie's, London, 6 July 2006, lot 51, while another was sold, Christie's, Amsterdam, 27-28 June 2007, lot 230.

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