Georg Friedrich Wagner Sold at Auction Prices

AN IVORY INLAID AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, EBONY, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY CASKET

AN IVORY INLAID AMARANTH, TULIPWOOD, EBONY, MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY CASKET ATTRIBUTED TO GEORG FRIEDRICH WAGNER (1751-1835), AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1793; THE DRAWING INSTRUMENTS BY LOUIS ESSER, ARAU, AFTER 1803 The domed, eared rectangular lid inlaid with a coat of arms flanked by an eagle and a griffin, surmounted by a count's coronet and above the family motto DUM SPIRO SPERO, the reverse fitted with a red velvet lining for various engraved brass instrumentents (comprising a protractor, rectangular protractor signed L. Esser à Arau, ebony ruler and a sector signed Langlois aux galleries du Louvres A Paris), the front sides and back inlaid with frolicking putti and centaurs, divided by canted angles inlaid with male and female herms, a spring activated drawer to one side, its interior inlaid with intricate marquetry and parquetry, centred by an oval depicting the three Fates and fitted with a block of four drawers to one side faced by another block inlaid with geometric patterns with a spring activated lid, flanked to either side by a further lid each inlaid to the reverse with geometric patterns, two enclosing a removable ivory compartment with concealed drawers, the drawer liner inlaid to the back with a simulated scrap of paper inscribed Wagner fecit A V 1793 12.5 cm. high x 31.5 cm. wide x 22 cm. deep