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A Swedish Rococo 21 carat gold box, mark of Frantz Bergs (active 1725-1777).

Estimate
100 000 - 150 000 SEK
8 800 - 13 200 EUR
9 300 - 14 000 USD
Hammer price
110 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Lisa Gartz
Stockholm
Lisa Gartz
Head Specialist Silver
+46 (0)709 17 99 93
A Swedish Rococo 21 carat gold box, mark of Frantz Bergs (active 1725-1777).

Cartouche shape, richly decorated. Cover with Minerva and Diana amidst rocailles and volutes. Sides with rocailles and foliage, base with rocailles and flowers. Miniature painting under glass to the interior of the lid depiciting a landscape with ruins. Length 6.7 cm, height 2.3 cm. Total weight 82.3 grams.

Provenance

Falk Simons collection, no F.S. 748.
Swedish Private Collection.

Literature

Gustaf Munthe, "Falk Simons silversamling", Stockholm 1938, catalogue no 366 (F.S. 748) p. 163, plate 121.