[NUMBER 112] 112 DOOR-KNOCKER OF STEEL GERMAN, 16TH CENTURY Crested by grotesque head and fox med by a large leaf volute faced by shield with armorial bearings. Height, 7 inches From the Spitzer legacies. [SEE ILLUSTRATION] 113 SMALL CABINET WITH STEEL PLAQUES DAMASCENED WITH GOLD AND SILVER ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY In the form of a writing desk, the case of walnut, with drop-front and two interior drawers. The exterior with four plaques orna-mented with exquisitely drawn scenes of hunt, battle, agriculture, etc., the backgrounds of Venetian Renaissance architecture, the drawers with arabesques. Height, 43/4 inches; width, 61/4 inches; depth, 41/2 inches By the same master as No. 5, « La Collection Spitzer », Paris, 1891, vol. 3, p. 44, Color Plate 3. From the Spitzer legacies. [SEE ILLUSTRATION, PRECEDING PAGE] 38
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