Turned fruitwood Cup and Cover with inserts

in its original case

South Germany, most probably Berchtesgaden, 2^nd half 17^th century.

Height 28.5 cm (cup) / 30.5 cm (case)

Near identical examples are in the Dänisches Nationalmuseum in Copenhagen as in the Landesmuseum Kassel mhk (former inventory of the Landgräflich-Hessische Kunstkammer).

Literature

Eugen von Philippovich: Kuriositäten und Antiquitäten, Braunschweig 1966, p. 333 / fig. 216.

Provenance

• Neumeister Auction, A232, March 12^th/ 13^th, 1986
• Private collection, South Germany