A writing casket

Name: GERMAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Brand: A writing casket
Price: 5500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 6,875

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GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

Closed: 17 Dec 2020

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GERMAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY

A writing casket

Price Realised GBP 6,875

Closed: 17 Dec 2020

Price Realised GBP 6,875

Closed: 17 Dec 2020

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GERMAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A writing casket
polychrome oak and iron, the hinged slope opening to reveal a painted interior with the Crucifixion and four coats of arms inscribed respectively Jochim Blecke, Andreas Winkelman, Achatius Sartor and Dieterich Laurentzen; with panels simulating drawer fronts and compartments for letters; with three keys

9³⁄₄ x 21¹⁄₂ x 17³⁄₄ in. (24 x 54.8 x 45 cm.)

The Alder Collection; Sotheby's, London, 24 February 2005, lot 164.

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Lot Essay

The present lot is likely to have been intended for use as a church warden’s writing desk. The coat of arms represented above the name of Andreas Winkelman has been published in connection with a ‘Conradus Winkelmann’ whose arms appear on the baptismal font in St. Matthäus church in Padingbüttel, Lower Saxony, perhaps providing a clue as to the present lot’s area of production (see J. Siebmacher, , Nuremberg, 1920, p. 41, pl. 52.)
A comparable ‘coffer in the form of a reading desk’, described as Russian and from the 17th century, is housed in the Musée le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen (see H. R. d’Allemagne, , New York, 1968, p. 392).