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A Rare Large Dutch Silver Toilet Casket, Probably Dutch or Belgian, Early 18th Century
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Description
Of elongated octagonal form with molded borders, the hinged lid embossed and chased in high and low relief with Ariadne carried by a group of revelers towards Bacchus surrounded by numerous nude and semi-clad followers and satyrs blowing horns in a landscape with a boy and goat in right foreground and a pair of cherubs in a tree on the left, buildings in the distance, the sides embossed with friezes of playful Bacchic putti with goats, the corners with satyr masks in cartouches, maker’s mark only WR conjoined in oval below crown in shaped shield
40 oz 10 dwt
1259 g
length 10 ¼ in.
60 cm.
Catalogue noteThe scenes on the sides are taken from the Flemish artist Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643), after Jacob de Wit.
40 oz 10 dwt
1259 g
length 10 ¼ in.
60 cm.
Catalogue noteThe scenes on the sides are taken from the Flemish artist Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643), after Jacob de Wit.
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Of elongated octagonal form with molded borders, the hinged lid embossed and chased in high and low relief with Ariadne carried by a group of revelers towards Bacchus surrounded by numerous nude and semi-clad followers and satyrs blowing horns in a landscape with a boy and goat in right foreground and a pair of cherubs in a tree on the left, buildings in the distance, the sides embossed with friezes of playful Bacchic putti with goats, the corners with satyr masks in cartouches, maker’s mark only WR conjoined in oval below crown in shaped shield
40 oz 10 dwt
1259 g
length 10 ¼ in.
60 cm.
Catalogue noteThe scenes on the sides are taken from the Flemish artist Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643), after Jacob de Wit.
40 oz 10 dwt
1259 g
length 10 ¼ in.
60 cm.
Catalogue noteThe scenes on the sides are taken from the Flemish artist Francois Duquesnoy (1597-1643), after Jacob de Wit.
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics
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New York
10021
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