Attributed to Workshop of Michel Mann A Nuremberg steel and gilt metal miniature casket circa 1600
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Attributed to Workshop of Michel Mann
A Nuremberg steel and gilt metal miniature casket circa 1600
of rectangular form, the sides with pierced scrolling quatre panels, the top with a pair of foliate scrolling quatrefoils, surmounted by a ringed swing handle, raised on four bun feet, the top with a sliding border concealing a key hole, with original key, 9cm wide, 5cm deep, 5cm high (3.5" wide, 1.5" deep, 1.5" high)
Estimate:
£2,500 - 3,500
€2,900 - 4,100
US$ 3,800 - 5,300

Footnotes

  • This belongs to a group of caskets of closely similar design and decoration, many of which bear the signature of either Michel or Conrad Mann. Nothing appears to be recorded about the latter, but the similarity of his signed work to that of Michel's suggests that they worked together. Michel was born in Augsburg and trained in Nuremberg, where he died circa 1630.
    For an example signed by Michel Mann see lot 1132, June 10 2010 Christie's, London.
    1 December 2011, Sotheby's, Paris, lot 300 signed example.

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