Lot no. 289
Quadrangular cast iron fireback with low relief decoration depicting an urban scene at a spring.
The lower part includes a passage in German taken from the Bible, the book of Kings, chapter 4: DAS.OHL.GAR.REICHLICH.SICH/ VERMEHRT.DER.SOHN.VON.TODT/ ZVM.LEBEN.KEHRT.IM.TODT.SICH/ GOTTES.GVT.BEWEIST.MIT.WENIG/ BRODT.VILL.MENSCHEN.SPEIST.
Dated 1773
69 x 69 cm
Accidents, restorations.
Note: Kassel, Auguste (1903): Plattenöfen und Ofenplatten im Elsass. In: Revue Alsacienne Illustrée, 4. Jg, S. 21-44, 65-80, 105-120, 145-159, Seite 116ff., Abb. 83.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
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