Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume II : Kunstkammer

Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume II : Kunstkammer

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A German parcel-gilt and enamel silver nef, Esaias zur Linden, Nurnberg, circa 1630

Auction Closed

October 12, 05:41 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A German parcel-gilt and enamel silver nef, Esaias zur Linden, Nurnberg, circa 1630 


the drinking vessel with spout, on four silver wheels and a sail topped by a flag with crescent and star, Moorish soldiers defending the ship painted in cold enamels, the hull decorated with embossed and engraved dolphins in the sea

height 8 1/4 in.; length 6 5/16 in.; width 2 7/16 in.; 21 cm; 16 cm; 6,2 cm

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Nef en argent, vermeil et émail par Esaias zur Linden, Nuremberg, vers 1630


le navire sur quatre roues, avec bec verseur, la voile surmontée d'un drapeau avec croissant et étoile, des soldats émaillés sur le pont, la coque ciselée et repoussée de dauphins

height 8 1/4 in.; length 6 5/16 in.; width 2 7/16 in.; 21 cm; 16 cm; 6,2 cm

Baron Carl von Rothschild

Thence by descent, his daughter, the Baroness James de Rothschild

Private European collection

J. Kugel, Paris, 2018

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Baron Carl von Rothschild

Transmis par descendance à sa fille, la baronne James de Rothschild.

Collection privée européenne

J. Kugel, Paris, 2018

Inventory of the contents of the collection of the Baron Carl von Rothschild in Gunthersburg, in December 1886; Jones (Alfred), Objects in gold & silver and Limoges enamels in the collection of the Baroness James de Rothschild, 1912, p. 70, plate XXXVI


For a similar Nuremberg nef from Elias zur Linden see Une précieuse Armada, nefs en vermeil de la Renaissance allemande, Alexis Kugel, J. Kugel, 2019