A book binding, containing a combination notebook, compass, mirror, sundial and a portrait miniature
Of oblong section, the hinged covers with silver overlay on a gold ground pierced with monkeys, squirrels and…
An engraved silver-gilt wedding casket
A rectangular silver-gilt casket standing on four ball feet. The four sides and the lid are engraved with floral sprays enclosing, on the front side two parrots, on the backside one parrot, on the small sides a grotesque mask, on the lid a cupid. The backgrounds are hatched.
After designs of Theodor de Bry and Hans Janssen.
Provenance
Private collection, The Netherlands
Literature
J.W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver Vol. II, Den Haag 1958, no 186, p. 66 (for an identical casket)
