Name: GERMAN, UPPER RHINE, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
Brand: Minnekästchen casket
Price: 13000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

GERMAN, UPPER RHINE, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
Minnekästchen casket
iron-mounted limewood; the front and back carved with mythological animals, the sides with a hog and a bird, all against Gothic hatched backgrounds, iron mounts and lock, inscribed and dated in red 'W.A. 1535' to the lid, the underside with the collection label of 'R.V. Goldschmidt-Rothschild'
3¹⁄₂ x 7¹⁄₂ in. (9 x 19 cm.)

Hannah Mathilde and Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild, Villa Rothschild, Königstein;
Rudolf von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, by descent from the above, until the spring of 1938.
Seized by the Nazis from the above, probably by the Bad Homburg tax office on behalf of the Berlin-Mitte tax office, in the winter of 1938/1939.
Property from the Estate of Schloss Wildenstein, Basel-Land, Switzerland; sale, Christie’s, London, 3 July 1990, lot 103.
Syd Levethan – The Longridge Collection, Connecticut, and by descent.

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Many of these caskets were produced in the Upper Rhine in the 14th and 15th centuries, some probably as betrothal caskets, others as commemorative boxes. The hatched background is typical of work from the period, as are the iron mounts and flower-head terminals. The caskets are often decorated with heraldic motifs or dedicatory inscriptions above complex lattice-work backgrounds. A similar example was sold at Christie's, London on 4 November 2010, lot 39.

The present work is being offered for sale pursuant to an agreement between Gregg Levethan on behalf of Syd Levethan LLC and the heirs of Rudolf von Goldschmidt-Rothschild and the proceeds of sale are being jointly donated to the charity Jasmin Hilfe e.V. - Humanitäre Hilfe für syrische Kinder e.V. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.