Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

GERMAN CASKETS AND COMMODES 227

394 395

394· Casket
Southern German, circa 1680-1690
Wood veneered with brass, mother-of-pearl,
pewter, copper, stained and painted horn,
and rosewood; gilt-bronze mounts
One foot stamped with the crowned Cfor
1745-1749·
Height: 5 /8 in. (12.9 cm); Width: i^5 /s in.
(32.1 cm); Depth: 10V% in. (26.5 cm)
Accession number 88.DA.III
PROVENANCE
William, 12th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton
Palace, Lanarkshire, Scotland (sold, Christie's,

London, June 19,1882, lot 2185, to William

King for £242,10s); Christopher Becket-

Denison, Esq. (sold, Christie's, London,

June 6, 1885, lot 685); Arturo Lopez-

Willshaw, by 1958 (sold, Sotheby's, Monaco,

June 24,1976, lot 21); purchased at that sale

by The British Rail Pension Fund.

EXHIBITIONS

Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum, on

loan, 1982-1988.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stephane Faniel et al., LeXVIIIe siede

frangais (Collection Connaissance des arts,

Paris, 1958), p. 206; "Acquisitions/1988,"

GettyMusJ ij (1989), no. 81, p. 145, illus.

395 Commode

Circa 173 5-1740

Gessoed, painted, and gilded pine;

marble top

Height: 2 ft. 9 in. (83.8 cm); Width:

4 ft. 6/2 in. (138.5 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 in.

(54.5 cm)

Accession number 87 .DA.47

PROVENANCE

Michael Taylor, San Francisco (sold, Butter-

field's, San Francisco, April 7,1987, lot 340).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Acquisitions/1987" GettyMusJ 16 (1988),

no. 75, p. 179, illus.