拍品 58
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A RARE AND MAGNIFICENT SAXON HARDSTONE "STEIN-KABINETTS" CASKET
A RARE AND MAGNIFICENT SAXON HARDSTONE "STEIN-KABINETTS" CASKET

细节
A RARE AND MAGNIFICENT SAXON HARDSTONE "STEIN-KABINETTS" CASKET
BY JOHANN CHRISTIAN NEUBER, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1770

Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover and sides inlaid with 139 lozenge-shaped hardstone plaques and precious stones in the corners, with engraved numbers in the gold mounts, the base covered with shagreen, the interior of the cover lined with pink silk forming a hinged secret compartment with a purse, the base with a cream-coloured velvet cushion; together with the pink silk bound matching handwritten booklet (140 x 54 mm.) with reference to the numbered stones
176 mm. wide

拍品专文

The title page of the handwritten carnet is inscribed:
Cabinet de pierres, contenant CXXXIX pieces, de Jaspe, de Vermeille, de Topase, d'Ametiste, d'Agate, de Petrifications, et autres sortes de pierres les plus belles et les plus precieuses, qui se trouvent en Saxe, trés exactement marquées de Chiffres, pour en appren- dre leur noms propres. composé par Chretien Frederic Neuber à Dresde.