17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AUGSBURG

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A SOUTH GERMAN EBONISED CASKET WITH STRAW-MARQUETRY PANELS
17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AUGSBURG
Decorated to the hinged top, (locked), sides, front and back with green ground recessed panels applied with floral shoots within ripple-mouldings
16 cm. high x 28,5 cm wide x 16 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

A table cabinet made in the same technique, with straw marquetry applied on a green ground, made in Augsburg is in the Fries Museum, and is discussed by Jaap Bruintjes, 'Een met stroo ingelegd schryvtafeltje /Een 17de-eeuws Augsburgs kunstkastje in de collectie Bischop', ANTIEK, no. 2, 1992.

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