An Augsburg silver travel pharmacy
An Augsburg silver travel pharmacy
Rectangular coffer with gilt tooled leather cover, gilded brass mountings and blue silk lining. The locked front concealing a drawer fitted with round and oval apertures containing ten boxes, two glass bottles and four ruby glass flasks, a ruby glass dish - some items mounted in vermeil - a funnel, a spoon, and a spatula. The lid with removable mirror with the original faceted glass and wooden frame covered with silver foil. The box has been restored or the cover replaced. H of the box 15; W 26.5; D 22 cm. H of the cup 7 cm.
Most items with marks of Tobias Baur, 1697 - 1699.
Provenance
Private collection, Rhineland.
Literature
Cf. Baur's pieces from a toilette set in the collection of the Maximilian Museum, Augsburg, illustrated in Seling 1980, no. 559. Cf. also his ruby glass mounts in a traveller's toilette case, illustrated in cat. The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, Los Angeles 1988, no. 152.
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An Augsburg silver travel pharmacy
Rectangular coffer with gilt tooled leather cover, gilded brass mountings and blue silk lining. The locked front concealing a drawer fitted with round and oval apertures containing ten boxes, two glass bottles and four ruby glass flasks, a ruby glass dish - some items mounted in vermeil - a funnel, a spoon, and a spatula. The lid with removable mirror with the original faceted glass and wooden frame covered with silver foil. The box has been restored or the cover replaced. H of the box 15; W 26.5; D 22 cm. H of the cup 7 cm.
Most items with marks of Tobias Baur, 1697 - 1699.
Provenance
Private collection, Rhineland.
Literature
Cf. Baur's pieces from a toilette set in the collection of the Maximilian Museum, Augsburg, illustrated in Seling 1980, no. 559. Cf. also his ruby glass mounts in a traveller's toilette case, illustrated in cat. The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, Los Angeles 1988, no. 152.
