A BERCHTESGADEN CASKET
A rare lovely small German jewelry casket, with a domed lid, all decorated with stained straw in geometric and floral patterns, flanked by turned bone pilasters ; on four bone feet.
Dimensions : 9 x 7,5 x 10,5 cm.
Germany, Berchtesgaden, ca 1700.
Comparanda :
- Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milano (IT)
- Schatzkammer Burg Forchtenstein
- Schell Collection, Graz (A)
Literature :
“Die Berchtesgadener Holzhandwerker und Bildhauer im Barock”, Georg Himmelheber