Gottfried Wolffram
Courtly Turned Lidded Ivory Box
Courtly Turned Lidded Ivory Box
(before 1683 Copenhagen – 1716)
Copenhagen, ca. 1710
Decorated with landscaped carvings after engravings by Gabriel Perelle (1603 – 1677).
h: 4,8 cm
Ø 13 cm
Gottfried Wolffram was appointed to “Court ivory-turner” of the Danish king in 1691 (Hein, 1991).
Another almost identical lidded box by Gottfried Wolffram is in the Museum Hessen-Kassel (mhk).
Lit.: J. Hein: Ivories by Gottfried Wolffram, p. 28, fig. 35.
Another almost identical lidded box by Gottfried Wolffram is in the Museum Hessen-Kassel (mhk).
Lit.: J. Hein: Ivories by Gottfried Wolffram, p. 28, fig. 35.
