22nd Nov, 2018 10:00

European and Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 630
 

630

AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT AND ROCK CRYSTAL CASKET

AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT AND ROCK CRYSTAL CASKET, MAKER'S MARK TB, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY elongated octagonal, the bevelled rectangular crystal panels engraved with foliate scrolls and star motifs surrounded by applied cloisonné enamelled trailing flowers, the lid with a plain panel revealing the enamel painted interior with an oval of Apollo and the Muses against a striking turquoise blue ground, on six small paw feet, 900 standard 17cm long

Sold for £9,000


 

AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT AND ROCK CRYSTAL CASKET, MAKER'S MARK TB, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY elongated octagonal, the bevelled rectangular crystal panels engraved with foliate scrolls and star motifs surrounded by applied cloisonné enamelled trailing flowers, the lid with a plain panel revealing the enamel painted interior with an oval of Apollo and the Muses against a striking turquoise blue ground, on six small paw feet, 900 standard 17cm long