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A Swedish Rococo 21 carat gold box, mark of Frantz Bergs (active 1725-1777).
Estimate
100 000 - 150 000 SEK
9 170 - 13 700 EUR
9 300 - 14 000 USD
Hammer price
110 000 SEK
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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.