Medieval Part of a Circular Box with Embossed Leather

15TH CENTURY A.D.

9 in. (545 grams, 23 cm wide).

Discoid in plan with applied decorative plates to the sidewall; cuir bouilli panels to the outer face with reserved fronds and tendrils on a pounced field, central roundel with agnus dei and four radiating heater-shaped lobes with heraldic designs - crossed keys, field of fleurs-de-lys, lion rampant and plain chief (upper panel); below the rim, six of original seven rectangular brackets; inner face with later sheet-bronze lining bearing printed gilt designs; old collector's label to inner base with indistinct legend end ing '...Lille'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

By repute, collection of Andre (1875-1949) and Maria (1887-1947) Larminet-Davioud, Lille.
By descent to Georges Davioud (1927-2014), Lille.
By descent to his heirs, and sold at their sale, Pierre Berge, Paris, 27th January 2021.

CONDITION

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LOT 0363