Medium
silver-gilt
Measurements
(a-b) 15.4 × 9.5 × 9.4 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Augsburg, Germany
Inscription
(a) punched in base c: (tree) (...illeg.) (bird) (in a circle) / (zig zag line)
(b) punched in top l.c.: (tree) (...illeg.)
punched in inside l.r.: (zig zag line)
Accession Number
4169.a-b-D3
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Gilt, on 3 ball feet, a similar ball forming the finial of the cover, repousse with heart-shaped lobes.
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