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Desk set (standish)
Lost Art-ID
209751
Title
Desk set (standish)
Datierung
1600-1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
enamel : agate : coral : brass : gilding : paste / gilded : enamelled : set
Height
22.30 cm
Width
22.00 cm
Description
Base with drawer and multiply stepped profile on four agate balls; writing set with inkwell and pounce pot supported by four sphinxes on the base; a recumbent Minerva on the lid, rams' heads on the corners and candlesticks on both sides; everything decorated with fruit garlands, corals, glass pastes and three small enamel paintings: Galatea, Adonis and Narcissus.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1717, fol. 7r, Nr. 19; Inventar 1764, fol. 7v, Nr. 20; Inventar 1830, fol. 5v, Nr. 100; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. XXIII, Nr. 82; Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, Goldschmiedsarbeit Nr. 43
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
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