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12: The Western Antechamber

Mirror with a console

Mirror in a carved walnut frame

Late 17th century

Italy

Casket

Second half of the 17th century

Augsburg, Germany

The centre of the south wall is occupied by a large mirror in a carved walnut frame created in Italy in the late 17th century, above a console table, also of walnut, that is decorated with striking carving. There too is a casket made in Augsburg in the second half of the same century of wood, silver foil, silver filigree, semiprecious stones and other minerals. The casket is in effect a kind of mineral collection as was very popular at the time. Flanking the mirror are black wooden gueridons with gilding on which stand silver candlesticks made in the Baltic region and a large partially gilded silver ewer with a lid made by Hinrich Friedrichs of Riga in the early 18th century

 

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