The Adler Collection: European Sculpture, WOA & Early Furniture
Catalog Information: 223 lots | 217 with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: A LARGE LEATHER COPPER-MOUNTED CASKET, ANGLO-NORMAN, CIRCA 1400
the wood core applied with incised leather, cuir ciselé, decorated with foliate motifs, copper straps and appliques, including Talbot hounds, sejant lions, crowned female heads and below the hinged lock plate a wild man on a lion, the lid with carryi [...more]
Lot 2: A FRENCH IRON CASKET, 15TH CENTURY
raised on four ball feet, the body applied with pierced iron straps, carrying handle, two hinged hasps
Lot 3: A FLEMISH CUIR CISELÉ MISSAL BOX, 15TH CENTURY
of rectangular form with arched cover, wood carcase overlaid with leather, mounted with iron straps, hinged hasp and lockplate, the sides with iron loops for atachment to the saddle
Lot 4: A FRENCH IRON MOUNTED CUIR BOUILLI MISSAL BOX, 15TH CENTURY
the wood carcase overlaid with leather incised with foliate scrolls, the mounts with scalloped terminals interspersed with flower heads, three iron straps with hinged hasps, the lid with handle, the sides with two further handles
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