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Tablet notebook

German
mid-18th century

Medium/Technique Silver, parcel gilt
Credit Line Gift of Rudigier Gallery, Munich
Accession Number2004.229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionA small tablet notebook, containing four leaves of plain silver and silver covers engraved on outer sides with naturalistic floral and foliate decoration, partially gilded. The whole is assembled with a round boss hinge.
Marks Unmarked
InscriptionsNone
ProvenanceUntil 2001, Count Jörg Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden (b. 1951), Hohenstadt Castle, South Germany; October 16, 2001, Adelmannsfelden sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, lot 11, probably to Rudigier Gallery, Munich; 2004, gift of Rudigier Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 26, 2004)